How To Install tpm2-tss on CentOS 8

tpm2-tss is TPM2.0 Software Stack TPM2.0 Software Stack

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-tss on CentOS 8.

What is tpm2-tss

tpm2-tss is a software stack supporting Trusted Platform Module(TPM) 2.0 system APIs. It sits between TPM driver and applications, providing TPM2.0 specified APIs for applications to access TPM module through kernel TPM drivers. tpm2-tss 2.3.2 3.el8 x86_64 275 k tpm2-tss-2.3.2-3.el8.src.rpm baseos TPM2.0 Software Stack https BSD tpm2-tss is a software stack supporting Trusted Platform Module(TPM) 2.0 system APIs. It sits between TPM driver and applications, providing TPM2.0 specified APIs for applications to access TPM module through kernel TPM drivers.

We can use yum or dnf to install tpm2-tss on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tpm2-tss.

Install tpm2-tss 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-tss using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tpm2-tss

Install tpm2-tss 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-tss using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tpm2-tss

How To Uninstall tpm2-tss on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tpm2-tss package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tpm2-tss

tpm2-tss Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/5f68f8184f578f79f4e7f106bdc92ccea48c90
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/47adb35c8fd729958db29bf0081743bbd2b934
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/8a04772ad0f9c171f3fa02484c22ebd9186ed3
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/a8f523a2213ee567d27aa6072960e7d17d021e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/9bbf83cd99035ec4fb79d9ebb1d9002cd506fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/7b7e248d000cb48bc78dc637bfcc542501bdfa
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/e94a63d8dd8f611de98232f027c7022ebb5db8
/usr/lib/libtss2-esys.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-esys.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-mu.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-mu.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-rc.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-rc.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-sys.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-sys.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-tcti-device.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-tcti-device.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-tcti-mssim.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-tcti-mssim.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-tctildr.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-tctildr.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-tpm-udev.rules
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-tss
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-tss/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-tss/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-tss
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-tss/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/3548403ad386fa6623ce6e72c182d72d7de8af
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/a199d8ac874c1989dccc299266e1f7471351c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/59d01aab8b98dcb486ea4fb82be1d018f33249
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/f7bd483a120f25b3d2fa5e02c33098be41bae9
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/5b58508e74b37d295cfba7297190298b6f3134
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/57a9d355f21264dad398c5aa7f794effe6d29b
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/52f3bd0f3fd9168c7d211b0a551c7b19dceb79
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-tpm-udev.rules
/usr/lib64/libtss2-esys.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-esys.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-mu.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-mu.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-rc.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-rc.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-sys.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-sys.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tcti-device.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tcti-device.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tcti-mssim.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tcti-mssim.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tctildr.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tctildr.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-tss
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-tss/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-tss/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-tss
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-tss/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-tss on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.