How To Install mkelfimage on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkelfimage
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mkelfimage
mkelfimage is:
mkelfImage is a program that makes an ELF boot image from a Linux kernel image.
The image should work with any i386 multiboot compliant ELF boot loader that passes no option. The image is compliant with the coreboot (previously LinuxBIOS) ELF booting spec and compatible with the Linux kexec kernel patch.
A key feature of mkelfImage is that nothing relies upon BIOS calls, but they can be made when necessary. This is useful for systems running on coreboot.
There are three methods to install mkelfimage
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mkelfimage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mkelfimage
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mkelfimage
Install mkelfimage Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mkelfimage
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mkelfimage
Install mkelfimage 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 mkelfimage
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mkelfimage
How To Uninstall mkelfimage on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mkelfimage
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mkelfimage
Uninstall mkelfimage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mkelfimage
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mkelfimage
Remove mkelfimage Configurations and Data
To remove mkelfimage
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mkelfimage
Remove mkelfimage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mkelfimage
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mkelfimage
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkelfimage
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.