How To Install efivar-libs on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is `efivar-libs`

Library to allow for the simple manipulation of UEFI variables.

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

Install efivar-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install efivar-libs

Install efivar-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install efivar-libs

How To Uninstall efivar-libs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove efivar-libs

efivar-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/89fd2d17e95da80e37916b7f25bec99c4f1e30
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/25f4863dfe4ff4156ce2a407571f9067c2effd
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/5877cfd1e06fda6c499cf9349bb78d41a6219c
/usr/lib64/libefiboot.so.1
/usr/lib64/libefiboot.so.1.38
/usr/lib64/libefisec.so.1
/usr/lib64/libefisec.so.1.38
/usr/lib64/libefivar.so.1
/usr/lib64/libefivar.so.1.38

References

efivar-libs website

Summary

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