How To Install efivar on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install efivar on Rocky Linux 8. efivar is Tools to manage UEFI variables

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install efivar on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install efivar.

Install efivar on Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove efivar

efivar Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/efivar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/3a1a5001c56f68ca9fdc53da375b318c9a4f3a
/usr/share/doc/efivar
/usr/share/doc/efivar/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/efivar
/usr/share/licenses/efivar/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/efivar.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install efivar on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.