How To Install tpm2-abrmd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-abrmd on Rocky Linux 8. tpm2-abrmd is A system daemon implementing TPM2 Access Broker and Resource Manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-abrmd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `tpm2-abrmd`

tpm2-abrmd is a system daemon implementing the TPM2 access broker (TAB) and Resource Manager (RM) spec from the TCG.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install tpm2-abrmd

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

sudo yum -y install tpm2-abrmd

How To Uninstall tpm2-abrmd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove tpm2-abrmd

tpm2-abrmd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/tpm2-abrmd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/a971344ed4abfdcba3d47e5f7aa81df456ffa8
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/8e265b7fabc6c9877302d5f40df5dcc82e08d8
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/tpm2-abrmd.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system/tpm2-abrmd.service
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tcti-tabrmd.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtss2-tcti-tabrmd.so.0.0.0
/usr/sbin/tpm2-abrmd
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/com.intel.tss2.Tabrmd.service
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-abrmd
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-abrmd/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-abrmd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-abrmd
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-abrmd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Tss2_Tcti_Tabrmd_Init.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/tss2-tcti-tabrmd.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tpm2-abrmd.8.gz
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/tpm2-abrmd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/80d452ba522352168de596a6b51654d6d1e4b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/251bf286784e91e9cd356cabb6f76cf6872866
/usr/lib/libtss2-tcti-tabrmd.so.0
/usr/lib/libtss2-tcti-tabrmd.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/tpm2-abrmd.preset
/usr/lib/systemd/system/tpm2-abrmd.service
/usr/sbin/tpm2-abrmd
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/com.intel.tss2.Tabrmd.service
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-abrmd
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-abrmd/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/tpm2-abrmd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-abrmd
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-abrmd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Tss2_Tcti_Tabrmd_Init.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/tss2-tcti-tabrmd.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tpm2-abrmd.8.gz

References

tpm2-abrmd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-abrmd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.