How To Install gnu-efi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi on CentOS 7. gnu-efi is Development Libraries and headers for EFI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi on CentOS 7.

What is gnu-efi

This package contains development headers and libraries for developing applications that run under EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface).

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

Install gnu-efi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gnu-efi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnu-efi

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

sudo dnf -y install gnu-efi

How To Uninstall gnu-efi on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gnu-efi

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Summary

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