How To Install efibootmgr on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install efibootmgr on CentOS 7. efibootmgr is EFI Boot Manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install efibootmgr on CentOS 7.

What is efibootmgr

efibootmgr displays and allows the user to edit the Intel Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager variables. Additional information about EFI can be found at http http

We can use yum or dnf to install efibootmgr on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install efibootmgr.

Install efibootmgr on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install efibootmgr

Install efibootmgr on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install efibootmgr

How To Uninstall efibootmgr on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove efibootmgr

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install efibootmgr on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.