How to Install and Uninstall efitools Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "efitools" package

This is a short guide on how to install efitools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall efitools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                efitools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the efitools package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: efitools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9.2-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1039
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), sbsigntool
Filename: pool/universe/e/efitools/efitools_1.9.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 151250
MD5sum: 757d88b254813d93ea59495c6f901889
SHA1: 69a9b21b21bbdb39898767d54f83873d67069031
SHA256: b29eff1b45d9d72b5537be906fbfece1a04e1233ccb9ef30e1ffa3c9fe7680cf
SHA512: 1a18bf6f123519f2c6e8478e9517d6c00942ed82e554b1fea8f0b70af2a4f17985ea071d3ec3ad877a53720678bb322815a68cb2f51fc0644e66f6e45f283f6d
Homepage: http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/uefi-secure-boot/
Description-en: Tools to manipulate EFI secure boot keys and signatures
This package installs a variety of tools for manipulating keys and binary
signatures on UEFI secure boot platforms.
The tools provide access to the keys and certificates stored in the
secure variables of the UEFI firmware, usually in the NVRAM area.
Description-md5: 7c6a1f09a61dc33a701b98867709c423