%general-entities; ]> efivar-&efivar-version; efivar Introduction to efivar The efivar package provides tools and libraries to manipulate EFI variables. &lfs121_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &efivar-md5sum; Download size: &efivar-size; Estimated disk space required: &efivar-buildsize; Estimated build time: &efivar-time; efivar Dependencies Recommended Installation of efivar This package cannot function properly on a 32-bit system with a 64-bit UEFI implementation. Don't install this package (or efibootmgr) on 32-bit system unless you are absolutely sure you have a 32-bit UEFI implementation, which is very rare in practice. Build efivar with the following commands: make The test suite of this package is dangerous. Running it may trigger firmware bugs and make your system unusable without using some special hardware to reprogram the firmware. Now, as the root user: make install LIBDIR=/usr/lib Command Explanations LIBDIR=/usr/lib: This option overrides the default library directory of the package (/usr/lib64, which is not used by LFS). : Disable the generation of man pages. Append this option after the make and make install commands if you don't need the man pages to allow building this package without installed. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories efisecdb and efivar libefiboot.so, libefisec.so, and libefivar.so /usr/include/efivar Short Descriptions efisecdb is an utility for managing UEFI signature lists efisecdb efivar is a tool to manipulate UEFI variables efivar libefiboot.so is a library used by efibootmgr libefiboot.so libefisec.so is a library for managing UEFI signature lists libefisec.so libefivar.so is a library for the manipulation of EFI variables libefivar.so