How To Install ima-evm-utils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ima-evm-utils on CentOS 7.
What is ima-evm-utils
The Trusted Computing Group(TCG) run-time Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) maintains a list of hash values of executables and other sensitive system files, as they are read or executed. These are stored in the file systems extended attributes. The Extended Verification Module (EVM) prevents unauthorized changes to these extended attributes on the file system. ima-evm-utils is used to prepare the file system for these extended attributes. The Trusted Computing Group(TCG) run-time Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) maintains a list of hash values of executables and other sensitive system files, as they are read or executed. These are stored in the file systems extended attributes. The Extended Verification Module (EVM) prevents unauthorized changes to these extended attributes on the file system. ima-evm-utils is used to prepare the file system for these extended attributes.
We can use yum or dnf to install ima-evm-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ima-evm-utils.
Install ima-evm-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ima-evm-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ima-evm-utils
Install ima-evm-utils on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ima-evm-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ima-evm-utils
How To Uninstall ima-evm-utils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ima-evm-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ima-evm-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ima-evm-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
