How To Install grub-linuxbios on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-linuxbios using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grub-linuxbios

How To Uninstall grub-linuxbios on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• grub-coreboot
• grub-common

References

• grub-linuxbios website

Summary

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