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

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "efivar" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install efivar on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall efivar on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: efivar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 37-6ubuntu2
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 (>= 2.34), libefivar1 (= 37-6ubuntu2), libefiboot1 (= 37-6ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/main/e/efivar/efivar_37-6ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 9074
MD5sum: cf4aa04674c8af655af356c406fbd876
SHA1: b7e725fe315661b4df27f5382a38b2793e864c0b
SHA256: 8020724a605b55e699edf3db48eb9a862e2a55e78299d9e782b0d0d13c5b3ae3
SHA512: 22ab1840aaefb299b6956e7dffd307a194a8a70fa8dc29b3f1dc281c7b61e04e3c7f2c9d44e8454779a751b43fa32e1493a875799923092b7976cc886f654161
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