How To Install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Ubuntu 20.04. grub-efi-amd64-signed-template is GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 signing template) GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 signing template)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

grub-efi-amd64-signed-template is:

This package contains template files for grub-efi-amd64-signed. This is only needed for Secure Boot signing.

Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed-template Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.04-1ubuntu26 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: grub2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 120 Filename: pool/universe/g/grub2/grub-efi-amd64-signed-template_2.04-1ubuntu26_amd64.deb Size: 12640 MD5sum: e959fa961b867d8329975993b7de1e92 SHA1: d53415c2118f54d6e0a5570a196cf8656b7528b9 SHA256: 01c6b7898f911d56314bb0775421f6cac7a8c7a016784d81166923316fba5d95 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 signing template) This package contains template files for grub-efi-amd64-signed. This is only needed for Secure Boot signing.

There are three methods to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template 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-signed-template using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template 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 grub-efi-amd64-signed-template using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

How To Uninstall grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the grub-efi-amd64-signed-template package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Uninstall grub-efi-amd64-signed-template And Its Dependencies

To uninstall grub-efi-amd64-signed-template and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template Configurations and Data

To remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.