The modular package softhsm has appeared in CentOS 8 AppStream without modular metadata, and hence uninstallable.
sudo dnf install softhsm Dependencies resolved. ===================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ===================================================================================================== Installing: softhsm x86_64 2.4.0-2.module_el8.1.0+253+3b90c921 AppStream 411 k
No available modular metadata for modular package 'softhsm-2.4.0-2.module_el8.1.0+253+3b90c921.x86_64', it cannot be installed on the system
On a fully updated RHEL 8.1 system:
# dnf repo-pkgs rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms list | grep softhsm # # nada
Cheers Anthony