How To Install opencryptoki-tpmtok on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki-tpmtok on Rocky Linux 8. opencryptoki-tpmtok is Trusted Platform Module (TPM) device support for opencryptoki

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki-tpmtok on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `opencryptoki-tpmtok`

Opencryptoki implements the PKCS#11 specification v2.11 for a set of cryptographic hardware, such as IBM 4764 and 4765 crypto cards, and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. Opencryptoki also brings a software token implementation that can be used without any cryptographic hardware. This package brings the necessary libraries and files to support Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices in the opencryptoki stack.

We can use yum or dnf to install opencryptoki-tpmtok on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opencryptoki-tpmtok.

Install opencryptoki-tpmtok 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 opencryptoki-tpmtok using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opencryptoki-tpmtok

Install opencryptoki-tpmtok 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 opencryptoki-tpmtok using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opencryptoki-tpmtok

How To Uninstall opencryptoki-tpmtok on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the opencryptoki-tpmtok package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opencryptoki-tpmtok

opencryptoki-tpmtok Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/3c09b12a030770bc3c56ff41073cfe4d41f6d4
/usr/lib64/opencryptoki/stdll/PKCS11_TPM.so
/usr/lib64/opencryptoki/stdll/libpkcs11_tpm.so
/usr/lib64/opencryptoki/stdll/libpkcs11_tpm.so.0
/usr/lib64/opencryptoki/stdll/libpkcs11_tpm.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-tpmtok
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-tpmtok/README.tpm_stdll
/var/lib/opencryptoki/tpm

References

opencryptoki-tpmtok website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki-tpmtok on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.