How To Install grub-linuxbios on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-linuxbios on Debian 11.
What is grub-linuxbios
grub-linuxbios is:
This is a dummy transitional package that depends on grub-coreboot.
There are three methods to install grub-linuxbios on Debian 11. 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-linuxbios 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-linuxbios using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-linuxbios
Install grub-linuxbios Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-linuxbios using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-linuxbios
Install grub-linuxbios 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-linuxbios using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-linuxbios
How To Uninstall grub-linuxbios on Debian 11
To uninstall only the grub-linuxbios package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-linuxbios
Uninstall grub-linuxbios And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-linuxbios and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-linuxbios
Remove grub-linuxbios Configurations and Data
To remove grub-linuxbios configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-linuxbios
Remove grub-linuxbios configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-linuxbios configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-linuxbios
Dependencies
grub-linuxbios have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-linuxbios package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.