How To Install grml-rescueboot on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grml-rescueboot
on Debian 9.
What is grml-rescueboot
grml-rescueboot is:
This package provides a script for update-grub which looks for Grml ISO images in /boot/grml and automatically adds an entry for each image. The purpose is to use one of those images to boot a Grml rescue system without using a CD or USB stick.
There are three methods to install grml-rescueboot
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grml-rescueboot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grml-rescueboot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grml-rescueboot
Install grml-rescueboot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grml-rescueboot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grml-rescueboot
Install grml-rescueboot 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 grml-rescueboot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grml-rescueboot
How To Uninstall grml-rescueboot on Debian 9
To uninstall only the grml-rescueboot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grml-rescueboot
Uninstall grml-rescueboot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grml-rescueboot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grml-rescueboot
Remove grml-rescueboot Configurations and Data
To remove grml-rescueboot
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grml-rescueboot
Remove grml-rescueboot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grml-rescueboot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grml-rescueboot
Dependencies
grml-rescueboot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grml-rescueboot
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.