How to Install and Uninstall grub-firmware-qemu Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "grub-firmware-qemu" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install grub-firmware-qemu on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "grub-firmware-qemu" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall grub-firmware-qemu on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub-firmware-qemu package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: grub-firmware-qemu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu45
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Source: grub2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1918
Recommends: qemu
Enhances: qemu
Filename: pool/universe/g/grub2/grub-firmware-qemu_2.04-1ubuntu45_amd64.deb
Size: 603212
MD5sum: 800c5a8c29aeeb2d1beef908b70dcea7
SHA1: 8cbbfecd8e760a29d403fc63cfacaf088c0fa0de
SHA256: 8f0f3c996f13642a225d2f1fe87939c9472dd6500dc1aec304adb281011b0252
SHA512: 24592ee440f8beb32b5f32aaa21178f5f3fc43c655fc0d25e3f40c53cba46650c6ec09d486e64d674dcc9c4071b2e33600fec62699903e4c51afe9a29fd8004a
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description-en: GRUB firmware image for QEMU
This package contains a binary of GRUB that has been built for use as
firmware for QEMU. It can be used as a replacement for other PC BIOS
images provided by seabios, bochsbios, and so on.
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In order to make QEMU use this firmware, simply add `-bios grub.bin' when
invoking it.
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This package behaves in the same way as GRUB for coreboot, but doesn't
contain any code from coreboot itself, and is only suitable for QEMU. If
you want to install GRUB as firmware on real hardware, you need to use the
grub-coreboot package, and manually combine that with coreboot.
Description-md5: cc3754b92a7e1d8e16c04265627088b6