Complete Guide: Installing grub on Arch Linux 2024

1. Install "grub" package

This guide let you learn how to install grub on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Sy
            
                    
    
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                grub
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "grub" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall grub on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
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3. Information about the grub package on Arch Linux

Repository : core
Name : grub
Version : 2:2.12-1
Description : GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (2)
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Licenses : GPL-3.0-or-later
Groups : None
Provides : grub-common grub-bios grub-emu grub-efi-x86_64
Depends On : sh xz gettext device-mapper
Optional Deps : freetype2: For grub-mkfont usage
fuse3: For grub-mount usage
dosfstools: For grub-mkrescue FAT FS and EFI support
lzop: For grub-mkrescue LZO support
efibootmgr: For grub-install EFI support
libisoburn: Provides xorriso for generating grub rescue iso
using grub-mkrescue
os-prober: To detect other OSes when generating grub.cfg in
BIOS systems
mtools: For grub-mkrescue FAT FS support
Conflicts With : grub-common grub-bios grub-emu grub-efi-x86_64
grub-legacy
Replaces : grub-common grub-bios grub-emu grub-efi-x86_64
Download Size : 6.84 MiB
Installed Size : 33.57 MiB
Packager : Christian Hesse
Build Date : Wed Dec 20 20:54:54 2023
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