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

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

Introduction

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

What is `grub2-tools-efi.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 tools for support of EFI platforms.

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

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

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

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

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

sudo yum remove grub2-tools-efi.x86_64

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

/usr/bin/grub2-glue-efi
/usr/bin/grub2-render-label
/usr/sbin/grub2-macbless
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-glue-efi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-render-label.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/grub2-macbless.8.gz

References

grub2-tools-efi.x86_64 website

Summary

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