How To Install efivar on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install efivar on Debian 9.
What is efivar
efivar is:
efivar provides a simple command line interface to the UEFI variable facility.
There are three methods to install efivar on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install efivar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install efivar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install efivar
Install efivar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install efivar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install efivar
Install efivar Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install efivar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install efivar
How To Uninstall efivar on Debian 9
To uninstall only the efivar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove efivar
Uninstall efivar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall efivar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove efivar
Remove efivar Configurations and Data
To remove efivar configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge efivar
Remove efivar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove efivar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge efivar
Dependencies
efivar have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install efivar package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
