How To Install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 is GRUB for EFI systems.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is grub2-efi-x64.x86_64

The GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a highly configurable and customizable bootloader with modular architecture. It supports a rich variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures and hardware devices. This subpackage provides support for efi-x64 systems.

We can use yum to install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64.

Install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64

How To Uninstall grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove grub2-efi-x64.x86_64

grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/boot/efi/EFI/amzn
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/grubx64.efi

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.