How To Install mokutil on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mokutil
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mokutil
mokutil is:
This program provides the means to enroll and erase the machine owner keys (MOK) stored in the database of shim.
There are three methods to install mokutil
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 mokutil Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mokutil
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mokutil
Install mokutil Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mokutil
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mokutil
Install mokutil 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 mokutil
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mokutil
How To Uninstall mokutil on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mokutil
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mokutil
Uninstall mokutil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mokutil
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mokutil
Remove mokutil Configurations and Data
To remove mokutil
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mokutil
Remove mokutil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mokutil
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mokutil
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mokutil
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.