How To Install grub-efi-amd64 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64 on Debian 9.
What is grub-efi-amd64
grub-efi-amd64 is:
GRUB is a portable, powerful bootloader. This version of GRUB is based on a cleaner design than its predecessors, and provides the following new features:
- Scripting in grub.cfg using BASH-like syntax.
- Support for modern partition maps such as GPT.
- Modular generation of grub.cfg via update-grub. Packages providing GRUB add-ons can plug in their own script rules and trigger updates by invoking update-grub.
This package contains a version of GRUB that has been built for use with EFI-AMD64 architecture, such as the one provided by Intel Macs (that is, unless a BIOS interface has been activated).
There are three methods to install grub-efi-amd64 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grub-efi-amd64 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-amd64 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-efi-amd64
Install grub-efi-amd64 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-amd64 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-efi-amd64
Install grub-efi-amd64 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-amd64 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-efi-amd64
How To Uninstall grub-efi-amd64 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the grub-efi-amd64 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-efi-amd64
Uninstall grub-efi-amd64 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-efi-amd64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-efi-amd64
Remove grub-efi-amd64 Configurations and Data
To remove grub-efi-amd64 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-efi-amd64
Remove grub-efi-amd64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-efi-amd64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-efi-amd64
Dependencies
grub-efi-amd64 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
