How To Install gnu-efi-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi-utils on CentOS 7. gnu-efi-utils is Utilities for EFI systems

Introduction

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

What is gnu-efi-utils

This package contains utilities for debugging and developing EFI systems.

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

Install gnu-efi-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnu-efi-utils

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

sudo dnf -y install gnu-efi-utils

How To Uninstall gnu-efi-utils on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gnu-efi-utils

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Summary

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