How To Install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders on Debian 12.
What is kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders is:
Host setup helper to pull in all packages required/useful on the build host for configuring bootloaders on images
There are three methods to install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
Install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
Install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders 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 kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
How To Uninstall kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
Uninstall kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
Remove kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders Configurations and Data
To remove kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
Remove kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders
Dependencies
kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders have the following dependencies:
- grub-coreboot-bin
- grub-efi-amd64-bin
- grub-efi-ia32-bin
- grub-ieee1275-bin
- grub-pc-bin
- grub-xen-bin
- kiwi-systemdeps-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
