How To Install gfxboot-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gfxboot-dev
gfxboot-dev 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 development utilities.
There are three methods to install gfxboot-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfxboot-dev
Install gfxboot-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfxboot-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfxboot-dev
Install gfxboot-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gfxboot-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfxboot-dev
How To Uninstall gfxboot-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gfxboot-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfxboot-dev
Uninstall gfxboot-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfxboot-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfxboot-dev
Remove gfxboot-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gfxboot-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfxboot-dev
Remove gfxboot-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfxboot-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfxboot-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfxboot-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
