How to Install and Uninstall shim-helpers-amd64-signed Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "shim-helpers-amd64-signed" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install shim-helpers-amd64-signed on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "shim-helpers-amd64-signed" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall shim-helpers-amd64-signed on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                shim-helpers-amd64-signed
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shim-helpers-amd64-signed package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: shim-helpers-amd64-signed
Version: 1+15.4+7
Installed-Size: 925
Maintainer: Debian EFI team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: shim (<< 15+1533136590.3beb971-3~), shim-signed (<< 1.29)
Depends: shim-unsigned (>= 15.4-7)
Conflicts: shim (<< 15+1533136590.3beb971-3~)
Breaks: shim-signed (<< 1.29)
Description: boot loader to chain-load signed boot loaders (signed by Debian)
Description-md5: 3be5fdcae9944c70315b6b6afbd43ee1
Built-Using: shim (= 15.4-7)
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/shim-helpers-amd64-signed/shim-helpers-amd64-signed_1+15.4+7_amd64.deb
Size: 297588
MD5sum: 0542fadf2187ac8d0dbe478fffd77cae
SHA256: 7d3e457b3edb580258519f49cbc593f8592fe65a0f2aeabbe402f8619b41c6d0