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

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

Introduction

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

What is `grub2-efi.x86_64`

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

We can use yum to install grub2-efi.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.x86_64.

Install grub2-efi.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.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grub2-efi.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove grub2-efi.x86_64

grub2-efi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/boot/efi/EFI/amzn
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/fonts
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/fonts/unicode.pf2
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/gcdx64.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/grub.cfg
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/grubenv
/boot/efi/EFI/amzn/grubx64.efi
/boot/grub2/grubenv
/etc/grub2-efi.cfg
/usr/share/doc/grub2-efi-2.02
/usr/share/doc/grub2-efi-2.02/COPYING

References

grub2-efi.x86_64 website

Summary

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