How To Install multiboot on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multiboot
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is multiboot
multiboot is:
This specification, created in 1995, describes a method of loading various multiboot kernels using a single compliant boot loader (such as GNU GRUB) on i386-based computers.
It is used by a variety of kernel images, such as the Hurd, Xen, or NetBSD kernels.
An example implementation of a Multiboot kernel is provided.
For an example implementation of a Multiboot loader, check GRUB Legacy (grub-legacy package), or GRUB 2 (grub-pc package, and others).
There are three methods to install multiboot
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install multiboot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install multiboot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multiboot
Install multiboot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multiboot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multiboot
Install multiboot 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 multiboot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multiboot
How To Uninstall multiboot on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the multiboot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multiboot
Uninstall multiboot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multiboot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multiboot
Remove multiboot Configurations and Data
To remove multiboot
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multiboot
Remove multiboot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multiboot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multiboot
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multiboot
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.