Installing refind on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing refind on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install refind.
Quick installation of refind:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: refind
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install refind
Package Details | |
| Package: | refind |
| Version: | 0.10.4-1 |
| Maintainer: | Rod Smith |
| Home page: | http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind |
| Description: | boot manager for EFI-based computers A graphical boot manager for EFI- and UEFI-based computers, such as all Intel-based Macs and recent (most 2011 and later) PCs. rEFInd presents a boot menu showing all the EFI boot loaders on the EFI-accessible partitions, and optionally BIOS-bootable partitions on Macs and BIOS boot entries on UEFI PCs with CSMs. EFI-compatible OSes, including Linux, provide boot loaders that rEFInd can detect and launch. rEFInd can launch Linux EFI boot loaders such as ELILO, GRUB Legacy, GRUB 2, and 3.3.0 and later kernels with EFI stub support. EFI filesystem drivers for ext2/3/4fs, ReiserFS, Btrfs, NTFS, HFS+, and ISO-9660 enable rEFInd to read boot loaders from these filesystems, too. rEFInd's ability to detect boot loaders at runtime makes it very easy to use, particularly when paired with Linux kernels that provide EFI stub support. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/admin |
How to install refind on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If refind is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L refind' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L refind dpkg-query: package 'refind' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing refind:
After system update use the following command to install refind:
sudo apt-get install refind
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove refind from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the refind from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the refind following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove refind
Following command is used to remove the refind package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove refind
This will remove refind and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing refind with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge refind
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove refind
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with refind package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.