How To Install grub2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. grub2.x86_64 is Bootloader with support for Linux, Multiboot and more

Introduction

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

What is grub2.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.

We can use yum to install grub2.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.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install grub2.x86_64

How To Uninstall grub2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove grub2.x86_64

grub2.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

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Summary

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