Information about the package, tpm-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tpm-tools package is designed for, Management tools for the TPM hardware.
Package Name:
tpm-tools
Summary:
Management tools for the TPM hardware
Description:
tpm-tools is a group of tools to manage and utilize the Trusted Computing Group's 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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.4
Release:
2.el6
Size:
93 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
CPL
Control the tpm-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tpm-tools
This command will install tpm-tools on the server.
yum remove tpm-tools
This command will un-install tpm-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tpm-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tpm-tools
This command will un-install tpm-tools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tpm-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update tpm-tools
This command will update tpm-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tpm-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tpm-tools
This command will update tpm-tools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tpm-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info tpm-tools
This command will show you core information about the tpm-tools package.
yum deplist tpm-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for tpm-tools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update tpm-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tpm-tools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.