How to Install and Uninstall shim-canonical-unsigned Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "shim-canonical-unsigned" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install shim-canonical-unsigned on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall shim-canonical-unsigned on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                shim-canonical-unsigned
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shim-canonical-unsigned package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: shim-canonical-unsigned
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: shim-canonical
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dimitri John Ledkov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8
Filename: pool/main/s/shim-canonical/shim-canonical-unsigned_2_amd64.deb
Size: 1904
MD5sum: bb0f5dc74b8d7401a3559412a0866111
SHA1: e684d3faffdfe2a4afcadded731788059592e6b3
SHA256: 7a5dc83c3de45730288ac2a79b9ae211147b520fb641e21068c764fb090cdf47
SHA512: 64d5a2aeebeb7938bdee310f8971c99309747fe5835c4d325ece3d142c7b293220d99d6bb871d465e8125d6f5dd3ed84874cacd39a3e2680d40b7f12f36aaacc
Description-en: Secure Boot chain-loading bootloader (unsigned)
This source package submits unsigned shim binaries for signing with
the Archive online key. Once signed with the archive key, it can be
used standalone if the archive key or CA are enrolled in UEFI
db. Also it can be used to produce dual-signed shim. See shim-signed
package.
Description-md5: df997b8ba3a3a904eb43b6d7810dfbe4