How to Install and Uninstall shim.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: September 29,2024

1. Install "shim.src" package

This tutorial shows how to install shim.src on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                shim.src
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "shim.src" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall shim.src on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                shim.src
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shim.src package on Oracle Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 4:43:15 ago on Mon Sep 12 02:51:38 2022.
Available Packages
Name : shim
Version : 15.6
Release : 1.0.3.el8
Architecture : src
Size : 1.0 M
Source : None
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
Summary : First-stage UEFI bootloader
URL : https://github.com/rhboot/shim/
License : BSD
Description : Initial UEFI bootloader that handles chaining to a trusted full bootloader
: under secure boot environments. This package contains the version signed by
: the UEFI signing service.