How to Install and Uninstall efi-shell-x64 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "efi-shell-x64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install efi-shell-x64 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install efi-shell-x64

2. Uninstall "efi-shell-x64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall efi-shell-x64 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):

$ sudo apt remove efi-shell-x64 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the efi-shell-x64 package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: efi-shell-x64
Architecture: all
Version: 2023.05-2ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: edk2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 890
Filename: pool/universe/e/edk2/efi-shell-x64_2023.05-2ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 259350
MD5sum: c376cbeaa43986e5a5bc170850a677da
SHA1: 74da59645a0d9d93eb782083e33a769c44c71229
SHA256: f24ff4d5e1d0297d6334d4b4715f7af189cf1f3a4260573187a0c3b100176304
SHA512: 2d0147878d12d21d34103d7c843cf6e3a034b0b27905120dbc007c88388ee6bdb99ff8fa3f42735b032e0c4fa2093989e3a8395c3afc7f5a4f74b0fa92016292
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Description: UEFI Shell for 64-bit x86 architecture
Description-md5: a2c61ef004f2fcba865cd3da05626c1b

Package: efi-shell-x64
Architecture: all
Version: 2023.05-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: edk2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 888
Filename: pool/universe/e/edk2/efi-shell-x64_2023.05-2_all.deb
Size: 258382
MD5sum: 6f1fdd00473aa9d6ecb03a4085bc04b5
SHA1: 5666d47bb5b8a56e0d3ea8c4ac5809032e6ce635
SHA256: 91e44d09c028e4c40ea4cf13b4ae65f9d51f2894d2fb5e5e2b9918baa08106f0
SHA512: bbd332b690a3b5cbae3f854340b6bb00e92d7e09ab98213b98859e006581a438f2f904fc1da4fa9a9b770d524e941f18e3775b58519577455fd884225d415159
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Description: UEFI Shell for 64-bit x86 architecture
Description-md5: a2c61ef004f2fcba865cd3da05626c1b