How To Install grub-efi-ia32-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-ia32-bin on Debian 9.
What is grub-efi-ia32-bin
grub-efi-ia32-bin is:
GRUB is a portable, powerful bootloader. This version of GRUB is based on a cleaner design than its predecessors, and provides the following new features:
- Scripting in grub.cfg using BASH-like syntax.
- Support for modern partition maps such as GPT.
- Modular generation of grub.cfg via update-grub. Packages providing GRUB add-ons can plug in their own script rules and trigger updates by invoking update-grub.
This package contains a version of GRUB that has been built for use with EFI-IA32 architecture, such as the one provided by Intel Macs (that is, unless a BIOS interface has been activated). It will not automatically install GRUB as the active boot loader, nor will it automatically update grub.cfg on upgrade, so most people should install grub-efi-ia32 instead.
There are three methods to install grub-efi-ia32-bin 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-ia32-bin 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-ia32-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-efi-ia32-bin
Install grub-efi-ia32-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-ia32-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-efi-ia32-bin
Install grub-efi-ia32-bin 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-ia32-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-efi-ia32-bin
How To Uninstall grub-efi-ia32-bin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the grub-efi-ia32-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-efi-ia32-bin
Uninstall grub-efi-ia32-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-efi-ia32-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-efi-ia32-bin
Remove grub-efi-ia32-bin Configurations and Data
To remove grub-efi-ia32-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-efi-ia32-bin
Remove grub-efi-ia32-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-efi-ia32-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-efi-ia32-bin
Dependencies
grub-efi-ia32-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-ia32-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.