How to Install and Uninstall efivar Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "efivar" package

This is a short guide on how to install efivar on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall efivar on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

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