How to Install and Uninstall efivar Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "efivar" package

Learn how to install efivar on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall efivar on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: efivar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 37-6ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libefivar1 (= 37-6ubuntu1), libefiboot1 (= 37-6ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/e/efivar/efivar_37-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8652
MD5sum: 2de55d279284237b4764224b4778d132
SHA1: b540f018162e15d55de05451a53fe723dd84348b
SHA256: c3e09815bd3e6a7feb4d64f6473a1957e3286c49c507233b84ee7d622cc00984
SHA512: bedd445721e90c2ddcac39f4fc5cb9ded14362cdb22050e87ffef7e169b170070d0cf935e94aff590fb0f6c0a0769e9706692a0b10f99deeeeb421bbe60a50a6
Homepage: https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar
Description-en: Tools to manage UEFI variables
efivar provides a simple command line interface to the UEFI variable facility.
Description-md5: e979ed45ae792f486c6b34862b3f2b88