How To Install sbsigntools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbsigntools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sbsigntools.x86_64 is Signing utility for UEFI secure boot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbsigntools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `sbsigntools.x86_64`

Tools to add signatures to EFI binaries and Drivers.

We can use yum to install sbsigntools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sbsigntools.x86_64.

Install sbsigntools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sbsigntools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sbsigntools.x86_64

How To Uninstall sbsigntools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the sbsigntools.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove sbsigntools.x86_64

sbsigntools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/sbattach
/usr/bin/sbkeysync
/usr/bin/sbsiglist
/usr/bin/sbsign
/usr/bin/sbvarsign
/usr/bin/sbverify
/usr/share/doc/sbsigntools-0.9.4
/usr/share/doc/sbsigntools-0.9.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/sbsigntools-0.9.4/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/sbsigntools-0.9.4
/usr/share/licenses/sbsigntools-0.9.4/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/licenses/sbsigntools-0.9.4/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/sbsigntools-0.9.4/LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/licenses/sbsigntools-0.9.4/LGPL-3
/usr/share/licenses/sbsigntools-0.9.4/LICENSE.GPLv3
/usr/share/man/man1/sbattach.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sbkeysync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sbsiglist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sbsign.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sbvarsign.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sbverify.1.gz

References

sbsigntools.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbsigntools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.