How To Install grub-efi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-efi on Kali Linux. grub-efi is GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)

Introduction

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

What is grub-efi

grub-efi is:

This is a dummy package that depends on the grub-efi-$ARCH package most likely to be appropriate for each architecture.

There are three methods to install grub-efi 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 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 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grub-efi

How To Uninstall grub-efi on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.