How To Install grub-legacy-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is grub-legacy-doc

grub-legacy-doc 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).

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

sudo apt-get -y install grub-legacy-doc

Install grub-legacy-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install grub-legacy-doc

Install grub-legacy-doc 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-legacy-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grub-legacy-doc

How To Uninstall grub-legacy-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove grub-legacy-doc

Uninstall grub-legacy-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-legacy-doc

Remove grub-legacy-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge grub-legacy-doc

Remove grub-legacy-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-legacy-doc

Dependencies

grub-legacy-doc have the following dependencies:

• dpkg

References

• grub-legacy-doc website

Summary

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