How To Install efibootmgr on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install efibootmgr on Kali Linux.

What is efibootmgr

efibootmgr is:

This is a Linux user-space application to modify the Intel Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager configuration. This application can create and destroy boot entries, change the boot order, change the next running boot option, and more.

Additional information about (U)EFI can be found at http://www.uefi.org/.

Note: efibootmgr requires that the kernel module efivars be loaded prior to use. ‘modprobe efivars’ should do the trick if it does not automatically load.

There are three methods to install efibootmgr on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install efibootmgr Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install efibootmgr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install efibootmgr

Install efibootmgr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install efibootmgr

Install efibootmgr Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install efibootmgr

How To Uninstall efibootmgr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove efibootmgr

Uninstall efibootmgr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall efibootmgr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove efibootmgr

Remove efibootmgr Configurations and Data

To remove efibootmgr configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge efibootmgr

Remove efibootmgr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove efibootmgr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge efibootmgr

Dependencies

efibootmgr have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libefiboot1
• libefivar1
• libpopt0

References

• efibootmgr website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install efibootmgr package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.