How To Install uefitool-cli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install uefitool-cli on Kali Linux. uefitool-cli is UEFI firmware image viewer and editor - CLI version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uefitool-cli on Kali Linux.

What is uefitool-cli

uefitool-cli is:

UEFITool is a cross-platform C++/Qt program for parsing, extracting and modifying UEFI firmware images.

It supports parsing of full BIOS images starting with the flash descriptor or any binary files containing UEFI volumes.

This package contains the CLI utilities, UEFIPatch and UEFIReplace. For the GUI version, see uefitool.

There are three methods to install uefitool-cli on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install uefitool-cli Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install uefitool-cli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uefitool-cli

Install uefitool-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uefitool-cli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uefitool-cli

Install uefitool-cli Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install uefitool-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uefitool-cli

How To Uninstall uefitool-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the uefitool-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uefitool-cli

Uninstall uefitool-cli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall uefitool-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uefitool-cli

Remove uefitool-cli Configurations and Data

To remove uefitool-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uefitool-cli

Remove uefitool-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove uefitool-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uefitool-cli

Dependencies

uefitool-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uefitool-cli package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.