How To Install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms is:
iPXE is network boot firmware. It supports a variety of network cards, including some wireless cards, and variety of network protocols (traditional DHCP, BOOTP and TFTP and also HTTP, iSCSI, SAN via FCoE and Infiniband). It supports scripting.
It is possible to use iPXE as a PXE ROM in the network card or to chainload it from other boot methods.
This package provides compat boot code for the qemu emulated network cards as boot ROMs for the EFI roms of formerly released Ubuntu qemu machine types. Those are only needed for migrations from these older releases.
There are three methods to install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms 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 ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
Install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
Install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms 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 ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
How To Uninstall ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
Uninstall ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
Remove ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms Configurations and Data
To remove ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
Remove ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
