How To Install shim-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shim-ia32
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is shim-ia32
Initial UEFI bootloader that handles chaining to a trusted full bootloader under secure boot environments. This package contains the version signed by the UEFI signing service.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install shim-ia32
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install shim-ia32.
Install shim-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install shim-ia32
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install shim-ia32
Install shim-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install shim-ia32
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install shim-ia32
How To Uninstall shim-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the shim-ia32
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove shim-ia32
shim-ia32 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTIA32.EFI
/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/fbia32.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/BOOTIA32.CSV
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/mmia32.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/shim.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/shimia32-rocky.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/shimia32.efi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shim-ia32
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.