How to Install and Uninstall efitools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the efitools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "efitools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install efitools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "efitools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall efitools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the efitools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: efitools
Version: 1.9.2-3
Installed-Size: 1026
Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), sbsigntool
Description: Tools to manipulate EFI secure boot keys and signatures
Description-md5: 7c6a1f09a61dc33a701b98867709c423
Homepage: http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/uefi-secure-boot/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/efitools/efitools_1.9.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 135184
MD5sum: 1a36f315de3d2a6aafec3c57574ac04e
SHA256: 4bf2deda8f3ac3ecc8b2801385484640ed98cd6e6aa2ed24bfca3b7ca0e083cd