How To Install gfxboot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gfxboot-dbg
gfxboot-dbg is:
gfxboot is a tool to test and create graphical boot logos for gfxboot compliant boot loaders. Currently, this includes grub, lilo, and syslinux (all payloads).
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install gfxboot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfxboot-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfxboot-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfxboot-dbg
Install gfxboot-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfxboot-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfxboot-dbg
Install gfxboot-dbg 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 gfxboot-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfxboot-dbg
How To Uninstall gfxboot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gfxboot-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfxboot-dbg
Uninstall gfxboot-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfxboot-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfxboot-dbg
Remove gfxboot-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove gfxboot-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfxboot-dbg
Remove gfxboot-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfxboot-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfxboot-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
