How To Install grub-theme-starfield on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-theme-starfield on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is grub-theme-starfield
grub-theme-starfield is:
This is the default theme for GRUB’s graphical menu.
Package: grub-theme-starfield Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.04-1ubuntu26 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: extra 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: 2782 Depends: grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26) Filename: pool/universe/g/grub2/grub-theme-starfield_2.04-1ubuntu26_amd64.deb Size: 1673716 MD5sum: dd505be783218fc3a2b0a486a3d280e5 SHA1: 8290c258b43950d830c45eddcf64503e83bb839b SHA256: 59563ef94f0313890e1886a1b178aa3002a98f423b115420f584b696d43cd7a7 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (starfield theme) This is the default theme for GRUB’s graphical menu.
There are three methods to install grub-theme-starfield 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-theme-starfield 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-theme-starfield using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-theme-starfield
Install grub-theme-starfield Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-theme-starfield using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-theme-starfield
Install grub-theme-starfield 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-theme-starfield using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-theme-starfield
How To Uninstall grub-theme-starfield on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the grub-theme-starfield package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-theme-starfield
Uninstall grub-theme-starfield And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-theme-starfield and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-theme-starfield
Remove grub-theme-starfield Configurations and Data
To remove grub-theme-starfield configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-theme-starfield
Remove grub-theme-starfield configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-theme-starfield configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-theme-starfield
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-theme-starfield package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.