How to Install and Uninstall gfxboot Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "gfxboot" package

This is a short guide on how to install gfxboot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gfxboot" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gfxboot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gfxboot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gfxboot package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gfxboot
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.5.2-1.1-6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 89
Recommends: e2fsprogs
Suggests: gfxboot-themes, reiserfsprogs, xfsprogs
Filename: pool/universe/g/gfxboot/gfxboot_4.5.2-1.1-6_amd64.deb
Size: 20332
MD5sum: 93ebc4886f882eacbb59f25ed786b641
SHA1: df280ec8be828d10339e3fca068be6fea7216416
SHA256: 214a47707bb4bd587a595f1128e117701028e9f5432ff646e2b551bd9c5e972d
SHA512: 3f87e9aaa7fd7ca885bb4edd905c1b806b54ae960c76348172dfbfe8f73faaef3108da66fe9031c419f1aeb0cbc90b91c6fc7ad7d9a1bc865674c94285af95b6
Homepage: http://gfxboot.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: tool to test and create graphical boot logos (runtime)
gfxboot is a tool to test and create graphical boot logos for gfxboot compliant
boot loaders. Currently, this includes grub, lilo, and syslinux (all payloads).
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This package contains the runtime utility.
Description-md5: dacebcc0ca068d91673a1386979de16b