How To Install grub-pc-dbg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-pc-dbg on Kali Linux. grub-pc-dbg is GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS debug files)

Introduction

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

What is grub-pc-dbg

grub-pc-dbg is:

This package contains debugging files for grub-pc-bin. You only need these if you are trying to debug GRUB using its GDB stub.

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

sudo apt-get -y install grub-pc-dbg

Install grub-pc-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install grub-pc-dbg

Install grub-pc-dbg 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-pc-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grub-pc-dbg

How To Uninstall grub-pc-dbg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove grub-pc-dbg

Uninstall grub-pc-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-pc-dbg

Remove grub-pc-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge grub-pc-dbg

Remove grub-pc-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-pc-dbg

Dependencies

grub-pc-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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