How To Install u-boot-menu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install u-boot-menu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is u-boot-menu
u-boot-menu is:
Automatically create extlinux-style boot menu for u-boot. Boot menu entries are automatically created for every kernel package when they are installed.
When /boot is on a separate partition, the package flash-kernel may help ensure that device-tree (dtb) files are made available to u-boot.
Package: u-boot-menu Architecture: all Version: 4.0.1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Riku Voipio [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 29 Depends: linux-base Suggests: flash-kernel Filename: pool/universe/u/u-boot-menu/u-boot-menu_4.0.1_all.deb Size: 6520 MD5sum: c5687af1dc07a83468ac2f11551b36c9 SHA1: 69dc736c28f824fcfe15c75fb47dfcd7cdd52655 SHA256: 39147800dbe57972d17b9cc72477ddeb4f8c444cbc0ad1c9507a2ecc8b7ab953 Homepage: https://github.com/suihkulokki/u-boot-menu Description-en: u-boot menu update Automatically create extlinux-style boot menu for u-boot. Boot menu entries are automatically created for every kernel package when they are installed.
When /boot is on a separate partition, the package flash-kernel may help ensure that device-tree (dtb) files are made available to u-boot.
There are three methods to install u-boot-menu 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 u-boot-menu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install u-boot-menu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install u-boot-menu
Install u-boot-menu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install u-boot-menu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install u-boot-menu
Install u-boot-menu 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 u-boot-menu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install u-boot-menu
How To Uninstall u-boot-menu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the u-boot-menu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove u-boot-menu
Uninstall u-boot-menu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall u-boot-menu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove u-boot-menu
Remove u-boot-menu Configurations and Data
To remove u-boot-menu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge u-boot-menu
Remove u-boot-menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove u-boot-menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge u-boot-menu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install u-boot-menu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
