How To Install uefitool-cli on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uefitool-cli on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 uefitool-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uefitool-cli
How To Uninstall uefitool-cli on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uefitool-cli package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.