How To Install refind on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install refind on Ubuntu.
What is refind
refind is:
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.
There are three methods to install refind on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install refind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install refind using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install refind
Install refind Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install refind using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install refind
Install refind 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 refind using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install refind
How To Uninstall refind on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the refind package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove refind
Uninstall refind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall refind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove refind
Remove refind Configurations and Data
To remove refind configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge refind
Remove refind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove refind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge refind
Dependencies
refind have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install refind package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.