How To Install tss2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tss2 on Kali Linux. tss2 is IBMs TCG Software Stack (TSS) for TPM 2.0 and related utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tss2 on Kali Linux.

What is tss2

tss2 is:

TSS2 is a user space Trusted Computing Group’s Software Stack (TSS) for TPM 2.0. It implements the functionality equivalent to the TCG TSS working group’s ESAPI, SAPI, and TCTI layers (and perhaps more) but with a hopefully far simpler interface.

It comes with about 80 “TPM tools” that can be used for rapid prototyping, education and debugging.

There are three methods to install tss2 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tss2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tss2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tss2

Install tss2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tss2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tss2

Install tss2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tss2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tss2

How To Uninstall tss2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tss2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tss2

Uninstall tss2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tss2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tss2

Remove tss2 Configurations and Data

To remove tss2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tss2

Remove tss2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tss2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tss2

Dependencies

tss2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tss2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.