How To Install efivar on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install efivar in Fedora 36. efivar is Tools to manage UEFI variables

Introduction

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

What is `efivar`

efivar provides a simple command line interface to the UEFI variable facility.

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

Install efivar 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 efivar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install efivar

Install efivar 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 efivar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install efivar

How To Uninstall efivar on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove efivar

efivar Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/efisecdb
/usr/bin/efivar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/885103acf52f5e48c44f01389c55b8d79243d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/12b7b4e1adad04f11ddd1456053c3513198eb8
/usr/share/doc/efivar
/usr/share/doc/efivar/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/efivar
/usr/share/licenses/efivar/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/efisecdb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/efivar.1.gz

References

efivar website

Summary

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