How to Install and Uninstall efivar Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "efivar" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install efivar on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                efivar
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "efivar" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall efivar on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                efivar
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the efivar package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: efivar
Version: 37-2+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libefivar1 (= 37-2+deb10u1), libefiboot1 (= 37-2+deb10u1)
Description: Tools to manage UEFI variables
Description-md5: e979ed45ae792f486c6b34862b3f2b88
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/efivar/efivar_37-2+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 12792
MD5sum: 8782922d825b653d7fd0c4b977320aed
SHA256: 9acb9c5d4f8ba1af3ef6d3e2f2e895bbd404f3ea865b926995c69dcb4fd39b49