How To Install fwupdate-efi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupdate-efi on Rocky Linux 8. fwupdate-efi is UEFI binaries used by libfwup

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupdate-efi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `fwupdate-efi`

UEFI binaries used by libfwup.

We can use yum or dnf to install fwupdate-efi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fwupdate-efi.

Install fwupdate-efi 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 fwupdate-efi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fwupdate-efi

Install fwupdate-efi 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 fwupdate-efi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fwupdate-efi

How To Uninstall fwupdate-efi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fwupdate-efi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fwupdate-efi

fwupdate-efi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/boot/efi
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/fw
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/fwupia32.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/fwupx64.efi

References

fwupdate-efi website

Summary

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