How To Install pesign on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pesign
on Debian 11.
What is pesign
pesign is:
This package contains the pesign utility for signing UEFI binaries (PE-COFF format) as well as other associated tools. It is meant to follow the PE and Authenticode specifications. It is analogous to the tool described at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8s9b9yaz%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
There are three methods to install pesign
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pesign Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pesign
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pesign
Install pesign Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pesign
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pesign
Install pesign 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pesign
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pesign
How To Uninstall pesign on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pesign
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pesign
Uninstall pesign And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pesign
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pesign
Remove pesign Configurations and Data
To remove pesign
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pesign
Remove pesign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pesign
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pesign
Dependencies
pesign have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pesign
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.