How To Install grub2-efi-x64 on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-x64 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is grub2-efi-x64

The GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a highly configurable and customizable bootloader with modular architecture. It supports a rich variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures and hardware devices. This subpackage provides support for efi-x64 systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install grub2-efi-x64 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install grub2-efi-x64.

Install grub2-efi-x64 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grub2-efi-x64 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install grub2-efi-x64

Install grub2-efi-x64 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grub2-efi-x64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grub2-efi-x64

How To Uninstall grub2-efi-x64 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the grub2-efi-x64 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove grub2-efi-x64

grub2-efi-x64 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/fonts
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grub.cfg
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grubenv
/boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grubx64.efi
/boot/grub2/grubenv
/boot/loader/entries
/etc/grub2-efi.cfg

References

• grub2-efi-x64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-efi-x64 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.