How To Install grub-efi-ia32 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-ia32 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is grub-efi-ia32
grub-efi-ia32 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).
There are three methods to install grub-efi-ia32 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-efi-ia32
Install grub-efi-ia32 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-ia32 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-efi-ia32
Install grub-efi-ia32 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-efi-ia32 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-efi-ia32
How To Uninstall grub-efi-ia32 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the grub-efi-ia32 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-efi-ia32
Uninstall grub-efi-ia32 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-efi-ia32 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-efi-ia32
Remove grub-efi-ia32 Configurations and Data
To remove grub-efi-ia32 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-efi-ia32
Remove grub-efi-ia32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-efi-ia32 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-efi-ia32
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi-ia32 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
