How To Install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Kali Linux. grub-efi-amd64-signed-template is GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 signing template)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Kali Linux.

What is grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

grub-efi-amd64-signed-template is:

This package contains template files for grub-efi-amd64-signed. This is only needed for Secure Boot signing.

There are three methods to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Kali Linux. 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-efi-amd64-signed-template 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-efi-amd64-signed-template using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

How To Uninstall grub-efi-amd64-signed-template on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the grub-efi-amd64-signed-template package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Uninstall grub-efi-amd64-signed-template And Its Dependencies

To uninstall grub-efi-amd64-signed-template and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template Configurations and Data

To remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove grub-efi-amd64-signed-template configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-efi-amd64-signed-template

Dependencies

grub-efi-amd64-signed-template have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-amd64-signed-template package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.