How To Install gfxboot on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot on Debian 12.
What is gfxboot
gfxboot is:
gfxboot is a tool to test and create graphical boot logos for gfxboot compliant boot loaders. Currently, this includes grub, lilo, and syslinux (all payloads).
This package contains the runtime utility.
There are three methods to install gfxboot on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfxboot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfxboot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfxboot
Install gfxboot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfxboot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfxboot
Install gfxboot Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gfxboot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfxboot
How To Uninstall gfxboot on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gfxboot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfxboot
Uninstall gfxboot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfxboot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfxboot
Remove gfxboot Configurations and Data
To remove gfxboot configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfxboot
Remove gfxboot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfxboot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfxboot
Dependencies
gfxboot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.