How To Install grub-efi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi on Debian 9.
What is grub-efi
grub-efi is:
This is a dummy transitional package that depends on either grub-efi-ia32 or grub-efi-amd64, depending on the architecture.
There are three methods to install grub-efi 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 grub-efi 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-efi
Install grub-efi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-efi
Install grub-efi 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-efi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-efi
How To Uninstall grub-efi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the grub-efi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-efi
Uninstall grub-efi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-efi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-efi
Remove grub-efi Configurations and Data
To remove grub-efi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-efi
Remove grub-efi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-efi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-efi
Dependencies
grub-efi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.