How To Install gnu-efi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnu-efi
gnu-efi is:
GNU toolchain for building applications that can run in the environment presented by Intel’s EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface). EFI is a firmware specification for the “BIOS” on ia64(IPF), IA-32(x86) and x86_64 systems.
There are three methods to install gnu-efi 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 gnu-efi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnu-efi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnu-efi
Install gnu-efi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnu-efi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnu-efi
Install gnu-efi 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 gnu-efi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnu-efi
How To Uninstall gnu-efi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnu-efi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnu-efi
Uninstall gnu-efi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnu-efi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnu-efi
Remove gnu-efi Configurations and Data
To remove gnu-efi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnu-efi
Remove gnu-efi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnu-efi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnu-efi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
