How To Install tsspcrallocate on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install tss2

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is tsspcrallocate and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install tsspcrallocate on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install tsspcrallocate using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install tss2

Install tsspcrallocate using apt

Because tsspcrallocate is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install tsspcrallocate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tss2

Install tsspcrallocate 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 Ubuntu 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install tsspcrallocate by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tss2

How to upgrade (update) a single package tsspcrallocate using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the tsspcrallocate, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install tss2

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install tss2

How To Uninstall tsspcrallocate from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the tsspcrallocate package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tss2

Uninstall tsspcrallocate and all its dependencies

To uninstall tsspcrallocate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tss2

Remove tsspcrallocate with all configurations and data

To remove tsspcrallocate configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tss2

Remove tsspcrallocate completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to tsspcrallocate package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tss2

Extra info and code examples

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.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install tsspcrallocate using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the tsspcrallocate from Ubuntu 22.04.

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