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

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "efivar" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install efivar on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: efivar
Version: 37-6
Installed-Size: 44
Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libefivar1 (= 37-6), libefiboot1 (= 37-6)
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_37-6_amd64.deb
Size: 13092
MD5sum: 845d9df9d061044a887df4814bfe73d0
SHA256: 995fd940a24b1d8124fc926e80304d077f3ae6e0fc3277accb385402be851406