How To Install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 is Utilities for EFI systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gnu-efi-utils.x86_64`

This package contains utilties for debugging and developing EFI systems.

We can use yum to install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64.

Install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gnu-efi-utils.x86_64

gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/boot/efi/EFI/amzn
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/ia32/modelist.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/ia32/route80h.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/x86_64/modelist.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/x86_64/route80h.efi

References

gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-efi-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.