How To Install trousers on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers on CentOS 7. trousers is TCG’s Software Stack v1.2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers on CentOS 7.

What is trousers

TrouSerS is an implementation of the Trusted Computing Group’s Software Stack (TSS) specification. You can use TrouSerS to write applications that make use of your TPM hardware. TPM hardware can create, store and use RSA keys securely (without ever being exposed in memory), verify a platform’s software state using cryptographic hashes and more. TrouSerS is an implementation of the Trusted Computing Group’s Software Stack (TSS) specification. You can use TrouSerS to write applications that make use of your TPM hardware. TPM hardware can create, store and use RSA keys securely (without ever being exposed in memory), verify a platform’s software state using cryptographic hashes and more.

We can use yum or dnf to install trousers on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install trousers.

Install trousers on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install trousers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install trousers

Install trousers 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 trousers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install trousers

How To Uninstall trousers on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the trousers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove trousers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.