How To Install efitools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install efitools on Ubuntu.
What is efitools
efitools is:
This package installs a variety of tools for manipulating keys and binary signatures on UEFI secure boot platforms. The tools provide access to the keys and certificates stored in the secure variables of the UEFI firmware, usually in the NVRAM area.
There are three methods to install efitools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install efitools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install efitools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install efitools
Install efitools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install efitools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install efitools
Install efitools 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install efitools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install efitools
How To Uninstall efitools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the efitools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove efitools
Uninstall efitools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall efitools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove efitools
Remove efitools Configurations and Data
To remove efitools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge efitools
Remove efitools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove efitools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge efitools
Dependencies
efitools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install efitools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.