How To Install grub-ieee1275 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-ieee1275 on Kali Linux. grub-ieee1275 is GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Open Firmware version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-ieee1275 on Kali Linux.

What is grub-ieee1275

grub-ieee1275 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 is a dependency package for a version of GRUB that has been built for use with Open Firmware implementations. Installing this package indicates that this version of GRUB should be the active boot loader.

There are three methods to install grub-ieee1275 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-ieee1275 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-ieee1275 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install grub-ieee1275

Install grub-ieee1275 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grub-ieee1275 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grub-ieee1275

Install grub-ieee1275 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-ieee1275 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grub-ieee1275

How To Uninstall grub-ieee1275 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the grub-ieee1275 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grub-ieee1275

Uninstall grub-ieee1275 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall grub-ieee1275 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-ieee1275

Remove grub-ieee1275 Configurations and Data

To remove grub-ieee1275 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grub-ieee1275

Remove grub-ieee1275 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove grub-ieee1275 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-ieee1275

Dependencies

grub-ieee1275 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-ieee1275 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.