How To Install pv-grub-menu on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pv-grub-menu on Debian 12.
What is pv-grub-menu
pv-grub-menu is:
PV-GRUB is a utility of the vitualisation platform Xen, to boot virtual machines with their own kernel. This package maintains a configuration file in /boot/grub/menu.lst, that is read by PV-GRUB. It does nothing else, which means that it is not suitable for booting non-virtual systems.
There are three methods to install pv-grub-menu on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pv-grub-menu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pv-grub-menu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pv-grub-menu
Install pv-grub-menu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pv-grub-menu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pv-grub-menu
Install pv-grub-menu 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pv-grub-menu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pv-grub-menu
How To Uninstall pv-grub-menu on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pv-grub-menu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pv-grub-menu
Uninstall pv-grub-menu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pv-grub-menu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pv-grub-menu
Remove pv-grub-menu Configurations and Data
To remove pv-grub-menu configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pv-grub-menu
Remove pv-grub-menu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pv-grub-menu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pv-grub-menu
Dependencies
pv-grub-menu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pv-grub-menu package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
