How To Install p11-remote on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-remote in Fedora 36. p11-remote is Remoting of PKCS#11 modules across sessions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-remote on Fedora 36.

What is p11-remote

This is a PKCS#11 engine for OpenSSL based on p11-kit capable of utilizing the p11-kit remoting capabilities. It also includes an on-demand activated UNIX socket based p11-kit server for user sessions. This is in particular useful to use a GNOME Keyring software HSM with daemons running outside the user session, such as the NetworkManager managed VPN daemons or wpa_supplicant.

We can use yum or dnf to install p11-remote on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install p11-remote.

Install p11-remote on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install p11-remote using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install p11-remote

Install p11-remote on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install p11-remote using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install p11-remote

How To Uninstall p11-remote on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the p11-remote package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove p11-remote

p11-remote Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/16ea76545b87f43c37951ae8d0a512feb87343
/usr/lib/systemd/user/p11-kit-remote.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/user/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/engines-3/libp11-kit-engine.so
/usr/lib64/libp11-kit-engine.so
/usr/share/man/man1/libp11-kit-engine.so.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/p11-kit-remote.socket.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/[email protected]

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install p11-remote on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).