How To Install grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8. grub2-efi-ia32 is GRUB for EFI systems.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `grub2-efi-ia32`

The GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a highly configurable and customizable bootloader with modular architecture. It supports a rich variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures and hardware devices. This subpackage provides support for efi-ia32 systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install grub2-efi-ia32.

Install grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grub2-efi-ia32 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install grub2-efi-ia32

Install grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grub2-efi-ia32 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grub2-efi-ia32

How To Uninstall grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the grub2-efi-ia32 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove grub2-efi-ia32

grub2-efi-ia32 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/fonts
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grub.cfg
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grubenv
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grubia32.efi
/boot/grub2/grubenv
/boot/loader/entries
/etc/grub2-efi.cfg

References

grub2-efi-ia32 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-ia32 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.