How To Install ovmf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovmf on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ovmf
ovmf is:
Open Virtual Machine Firmware is a build of EDK II for 64-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.
Package: ovmf Architecture: all Version: 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3 Priority: extra Section: misc Source: edk2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 6325 Replaces: qemu-system-common (« 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4) Filename: pool/main/e/edk2/ovmf_0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 2480864 MD5sum: 5dd08fb0dc1df9f4ff5d96cb868c5ed0 SHA1: e54804e11242eb41f91d3f60d5e0ece0b06dfbcf SHA256: e13f17efca46e67de259aa9620284409b51a210ba3777c929826968a8f054731 Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org Description-en: UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines Open Virtual Machine Firmware is a build of EDK II for 64-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 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 ovmf 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ovmf
Install ovmf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ovmf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ovmf
Install ovmf 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ovmf
How To Uninstall ovmf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ovmf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ovmf
Uninstall ovmf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ovmf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ovmf
Remove ovmf Configurations and Data
To remove ovmf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ovmf
Remove ovmf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ovmf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ovmf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovmf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
