How To Install grub-xen-host on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-xen-host on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is grub-xen-host
grub-xen-host is:
GRUB is a portable, powerful bootloader. This version of GRUB is based on a cleaner design than its predecessors, and provides the following new features:
- Scripting in grub.cfg using BASH-like syntax.
- Support for modern partition maps such as GPT.
- Modular generation of grub.cfg via update-grub. Packages providing GRUB add-ons can plug in their own script rules and trigger updates by invoking update-grub.
This package arranges for GRUB binary images which can be used to boot a Xen guest (i.e. PV-GRUB) to be present in the control domain filesystem.
There are three methods to install grub-xen-host on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-xen-host 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-xen-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-xen-host
Install grub-xen-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-xen-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-xen-host
Install grub-xen-host 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-xen-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-xen-host
How To Uninstall grub-xen-host on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the grub-xen-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-xen-host
Uninstall grub-xen-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-xen-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-xen-host
Remove grub-xen-host Configurations and Data
To remove grub-xen-host configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-xen-host
Remove grub-xen-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-xen-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-xen-host
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-xen-host package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
