How To Install tpm2-pkcs11-tools on CentOS 8
tpm2-pkcs11-tools is The tools required to setup and configure TPM2 for PKCS#11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-pkcs11-tools on CentOS 8.
What is tpm2-pkcs11-tools
The tools required to setup and configure TPM2 for PKCS#11.
We can use yum or dnf to install tpm2-pkcs11-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tpm2-pkcs11-tools.
Install tpm2-pkcs11-tools on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install tpm2-pkcs11-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tpm2-pkcs11-tools
Install tpm2-pkcs11-tools on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install tpm2-pkcs11-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tpm2-pkcs11-tools
How To Uninstall tpm2-pkcs11-tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the tpm2-pkcs11-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tpm2-pkcs11-tools
tpm2-pkcs11-tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/tpm2_ptool
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/command.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/command.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/commandlets_keys.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/commandlets_keys.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/commandlets_store.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/commandlets_store.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/commandlets_token.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/commandlets_token.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/db.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/db.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/objects.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/objects.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/pkcs11t.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/pkcs11t.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/tpm2.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/tpm2.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/tpm2_ptool.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/tpm2_ptool.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/command.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/commandlets_keys.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/commandlets_store.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/commandlets_token.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/db.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/objects.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/pkcs11t.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/tpm2.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/tpm2_ptool.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11_tools-1.33.7-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11_tools-1.33.7-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11_tools-1.33.7-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11_tools-1.33.7-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11_tools-1.33.7-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tpm2_pkcs11_tools-1.33.7-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-pkcs11-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.