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

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "ipxe" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ipxe on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ipxe on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: ipxe
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.0+git-20190125.36a4c85-5ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bastian Blank
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2788
Depends: ipxe-qemu, grub-ipxe
Filename: pool/main/i/ipxe/ipxe_1.0.0+git-20190125.36a4c85-5ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 1234404
MD5sum: 249947111524ff27f4ca69731eb86c75
SHA1: 55be584bbc7ca847b861aa72a939ebfa55b7dde6
SHA256: 30471b491e73a970643374929a84b95231327a58eac7cad8c72b2138dd92135f
SHA512: e93adf18136c5dc0b216ca273697b712ff0bcc1570d605ecbc050fc6ed94c49cf6f278235f5552b5dd59d5d8a90a54be8acd1538f8d1222e757c6b274352303a
Homepage: http://ipxe.org/
Description-en: PXE boot firmware
iPXE is network boot firmware. It supports a variety of network cards,
including some wireless cards, and variety of network protocols (traditional
DHCP, BOOTP and TFTP and also HTTP, iSCSI, SAN via FCoE and Infiniband). It
supports scripting.
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It is possible to use iPXE as a PXE ROM in the network card or to
chainload it from other boot methods.
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This package provides boot code for all supported network cards in one
binary and several bootable formats.
Description-md5: 464080e9cd2fc9e60db75303b8932264