How To Install dbxtool on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbxtool in Fedora 36. dbxtool is Secure Boot DBX updater

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbxtool on Fedora 36.

What is `dbxtool`

This package contains DBX updates for UEFI Secure Boot.

We can use yum or dnf to install dbxtool on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dbxtool.

Install dbxtool on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dbxtool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dbxtool

Install dbxtool on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dbxtool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dbxtool

How To Uninstall dbxtool on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dbxtool package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dbxtool

dbxtool Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dbxtool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/ba386a311318d7d76c4b9b504810ac5af51627
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbxtool.service
/usr/share/dbxtool
/usr/share/dbxtool/DBXUpdate-2016-08-09-13-16-00.bin
/usr/share/licenses/dbxtool
/usr/share/licenses/dbxtool/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dbxtool.1.gz

References

dbxtool website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbxtool on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).