How To Install grub-legacy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-legacy on Debian 9.
What is grub-legacy
grub-legacy is:
GRUB is a GPLed bootloader intended to unify bootloading across x86 operating systems. In addition to loading the Linux kernel, it implements the Multiboot standard, which allows for flexible loading of multiple boot images (needed for modular kernels such as the GNU Hurd).
Please note that GRUB Legacy is in maintanance mode and new features are only accepted in GRUB 2 (grub-pc package).
There are three methods to install grub-legacy 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-legacy 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-legacy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-legacy
Install grub-legacy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-legacy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-legacy
Install grub-legacy 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-legacy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-legacy
How To Uninstall grub-legacy on Debian 9
To uninstall only the grub-legacy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-legacy
Uninstall grub-legacy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-legacy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-legacy
Remove grub-legacy Configurations and Data
To remove grub-legacy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-legacy
Remove grub-legacy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-legacy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-legacy
Dependencies
grub-legacy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-legacy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.