How to Install and Uninstall grub-efi Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "grub-efi" package

This tutorial shows how to install grub-efi on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                grub-efi
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "grub-efi" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall grub-efi on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub-efi
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub-efi package on Kali Linux

Package: grub-efi
Source: grub2
Version: 2.12-1+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 12
Depends: grub-common (= 2.12-1+kali1), grub-efi-amd64 (= 2.12-1+kali1)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi_2.12-1+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 2416
SHA256: 6efe75413f54dbb0f1505679b366a4ea2963e2d4858f7bf59568f998b9caef3e
SHA1: 28ae28d463fec314d36b13ae33cf47c4e66f4a36
MD5sum: ea53133ef58fb356033203f42358620a
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
This is a dummy package that depends on the grub-efi-$ARCH package most likely
to be appropriate for each architecture.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers