How To Install libefivar-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libefivar-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libefivar-dev
libefivar-dev is:
development headers required to use libefivar
Package: libefivar-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 37-2ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: efivar Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 104 Depends: libefivar1 (= 37-2ubuntu2) Filename: pool/main/e/efivar/libefivar-dev_37-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 15632 MD5sum: 59eb931db127d14c9bb42df4a52fe759 SHA1: f18ad76260fb1165c37095bd1e705d2394767ff5 SHA256: e5c6467a6fcf6f4a561b81fc68dc0c8fd36dbc673bd12e2a68f2f99f900675d6 Homepage: https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar Description-en: Development headers for libefivar development headers required to use libefivar
There are three methods to install libefivar-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libefivar-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libefivar-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libefivar-dev
Install libefivar-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libefivar-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libefivar-dev
Install libefivar-dev 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 libefivar-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libefivar-dev
How To Uninstall libefivar-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libefivar-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libefivar-dev
Uninstall libefivar-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libefivar-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libefivar-dev
Remove libefivar-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libefivar-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libefivar-dev
Remove libefivar-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libefivar-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libefivar-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libefivar-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.