How To Install tpm2-initramfs-tool on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-initramfs-tool
on Debian 11.
What is tpm2-initramfs-tool
tpm2-initramfs-tool is:
This package provides the TPM tool used by the initramfs. Its purpose is to generate/seal/unseal the FDE encrypytion key into the TPM persistent object using TPM2 ESAPI.
There are three methods to install tpm2-initramfs-tool
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tpm2-initramfs-tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tpm2-initramfs-tool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tpm2-initramfs-tool
Install tpm2-initramfs-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tpm2-initramfs-tool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tpm2-initramfs-tool
Install tpm2-initramfs-tool Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tpm2-initramfs-tool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tpm2-initramfs-tool
How To Uninstall tpm2-initramfs-tool on Debian 11
To uninstall only the tpm2-initramfs-tool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tpm2-initramfs-tool
Uninstall tpm2-initramfs-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tpm2-initramfs-tool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tpm2-initramfs-tool
Remove tpm2-initramfs-tool Configurations and Data
To remove tpm2-initramfs-tool
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tpm2-initramfs-tool
Remove tpm2-initramfs-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tpm2-initramfs-tool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tpm2-initramfs-tool
Dependencies
tpm2-initramfs-tool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-initramfs-tool
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.