How to Install and Uninstall efivar Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "efivar" package

This is a short guide on how to install efivar on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: efivar
Version: 38-3
Installed-Size: 151
Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libefisec1 (>= 38), libefivar1 (= 38-3), libefiboot1 (= 38-3)
Size: 29676
SHA256: c47337a9c731f239e4b3ced52345c8bd6ce46d7888f6c668811dca9f65913d3a
SHA1: 8cd6da6bb6ee6d65049b99bd09db7adf7e14449b
MD5sum: 4e1daba35c2022f5661db424cbfa8467
Description: Tools to manage UEFI variables
efivar provides a simple command line interface to the UEFI variable facility.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/efivar/efivar_38-3_amd64.deb