How to Install and Uninstall shim-unsigned Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 24,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "shim-unsigned" package

Please follow the instructions below to install shim-unsigned on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                shim-unsigned
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "shim-unsigned" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall shim-unsigned on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: shim-unsigned
Source: shim
Version: 15.7-1
Installed-Size: 1862
Maintainer: Debian EFI team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: shim (<< 15+1533136590.3beb971-3~)
Conflicts: shim (<< 15+1533136590.3beb971-3~)
Description: boot loader to chain-load signed boot loaders under Secure Boot
Description-md5: ba97e9b3cf7ad648ef7a4f6c9fa9a6d0
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/shim/shim-unsigned_15.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 435944
MD5sum: 1a82f84d62edda03150409ae62c9b7ab
SHA256: a8a626253f3fdebe86d0cf185a10f475402ce5a23dfe0cceee91e5e94df4dbd3