How To Install grub-cloud-amd64 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-cloud-amd64 on Debian 10.
What is grub-cloud-amd64
grub-cloud-amd64 is:
This package contains the cloud image setup of GRUB and installs GRUB for the PC/BIOS and the EFI-AMD64 architecture.
You don’t want to use this package outside of cloud images.
There are three methods to install grub-cloud-amd64 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grub-cloud-amd64 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-cloud-amd64 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-cloud-amd64
Install grub-cloud-amd64 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-cloud-amd64 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-cloud-amd64
Install grub-cloud-amd64 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 grub-cloud-amd64 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-cloud-amd64
How To Uninstall grub-cloud-amd64 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the grub-cloud-amd64 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-cloud-amd64
Uninstall grub-cloud-amd64 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-cloud-amd64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-cloud-amd64
Remove grub-cloud-amd64 Configurations and Data
To remove grub-cloud-amd64 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-cloud-amd64
Remove grub-cloud-amd64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-cloud-amd64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-cloud-amd64
Dependencies
grub-cloud-amd64 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-cloud-amd64 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.