How To Install efitools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install efitools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is efitools
efitools is:
The package provides useful tools for manipulating UEFI secure boot platforms.
There are three methods to install efitools
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install efitools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install efitools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install efitools
Install efitools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install efitools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install efitools
Install efitools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install efitools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install efitools
How To Uninstall efitools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the efitools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove efitools
Uninstall efitools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall efitools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove efitools
Remove efitools Configurations and Data
To remove efitools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge efitools
Remove efitools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove efitools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge efitools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install efitools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.