How To Install shim-signed-common on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shim-signed-common on Debian 12.
What is shim-signed-common
shim-signed-common is:
This package provides a minimalist boot loader which allows verifying signatures of other UEFI binaries against either the Secure Boot DB/DBX or against a built-in signature database. Its purpose is to allow a small, infrequently-changing binary to be signed by the UEFI CA, while allowing an OS distributor to revision their main bootloader independently of the CA.
This package contains common helper scripts for all versions of the shim-signed package.
There are three methods to install shim-signed-common on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install shim-signed-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shim-signed-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shim-signed-common
Install shim-signed-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shim-signed-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shim-signed-common
Install shim-signed-common 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 shim-signed-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shim-signed-common
How To Uninstall shim-signed-common on Debian 12
To uninstall only the shim-signed-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shim-signed-common
Uninstall shim-signed-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shim-signed-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shim-signed-common
Remove shim-signed-common Configurations and Data
To remove shim-signed-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shim-signed-common
Remove shim-signed-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shim-signed-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shim-signed-common
Dependencies
shim-signed-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shim-signed-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
