How To Install grub2-tools-extra.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-tools-extra.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is grub2-tools-extra.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 all platforms.
We can use yum to install grub2-tools-extra.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-extra.x86_64.
Install grub2-tools-extra.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-extra.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install grub2-tools-extra.x86_64
How To Uninstall grub2-tools-extra.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the grub2-tools-extra.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove grub2-tools-extra.x86_64
grub2-tools-extra.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/sysconfig/grub
/usr/bin/grub2-fstest
/usr/bin/grub2-kbdcomp
/usr/bin/grub2-mkfont
/usr/bin/grub2-mklayout
/usr/bin/grub2-mknetdir
/usr/bin/grub2-mkrescue
/usr/bin/grub2-mkstandalone
/usr/bin/grub2-syslinux2cfg
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-fstest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-kbdcomp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-mkfont.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-mklayout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-mknetdir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-mkrescue.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-mkstandalone.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-syslinux2cfg.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-tools-extra.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.