How To Install ovmf-ia32 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovmf-ia32
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ovmf-ia32
ovmf-ia32 is:
Open Virtual Machine Firmware is a build of EDK II for 32-bit x86 virtual machines. It includes full support for UEFI, including Secure Boot, allowing use of UEFI in place of a traditional BIOS in your VM.
There are three methods to install ovmf-ia32
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ovmf-ia32 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ovmf-ia32
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ovmf-ia32
Install ovmf-ia32 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ovmf-ia32
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ovmf-ia32
Install ovmf-ia32 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 ovmf-ia32
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ovmf-ia32
How To Uninstall ovmf-ia32 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ovmf-ia32
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ovmf-ia32
Uninstall ovmf-ia32 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ovmf-ia32
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ovmf-ia32
Remove ovmf-ia32 Configurations and Data
To remove ovmf-ia32
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ovmf-ia32
Remove ovmf-ia32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ovmf-ia32
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ovmf-ia32
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovmf-ia32
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.