How To Install ima-evm-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ima-evm-utils on Rocky Linux 8. ima-evm-utils is IMA/EVM support utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ima-evm-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install ima-evm-utils on Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ima-evm-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ima-evm-utils

Install ima-evm-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ima-evm-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ima-evm-utils

How To Uninstall ima-evm-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ima-evm-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ima-evm-utils

ima-evm-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/evmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/80ae93248cd32873b6d643fa4340f5a4176b75
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/2f5e6852f75ebb717333826b3633c01e648dd2
/usr/lib64/libimaevm.so.2
/usr/lib64/libimaevm.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils/README
/usr/share/licenses/ima-evm-utils
/usr/share/licenses/ima-evm-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/evmctl.1.gz
/usr/bin/evmctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/e79a0857a83c09dced1f5e414befcd59b29814
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/5de8355f981a7666bdfb9c51c001beccf6ccd1
/usr/lib/libimaevm.so.2
/usr/lib/libimaevm.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ima-evm-utils/README
/usr/share/licenses/ima-evm-utils
/usr/share/licenses/ima-evm-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/evmctl.1.gz

References

ima-evm-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ima-evm-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.