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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "grub-ipxe" package

This is a short guide on how to install grub-ipxe on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall grub-ipxe on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: grub-ipxe
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.0+git-20190125.36a4c85-5ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: ipxe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bastian Blank
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1228
Suggests: grub-pc (>= 1.96)
Filename: pool/main/i/ipxe/grub-ipxe_1.0.0+git-20190125.36a4c85-5ubuntu4_all.deb
Size: 705136
MD5sum: 797f28c4936f21a70b9e25c53e5f4952
SHA1: a523c231c8c51d78d81a568e28eeb7fcad06d429
SHA256: 6ed8871e582715f2cd2acab106c42fd1d10c029640ba2bdaf72f066f7c1d9483
SHA512: 19808047c6291db5f37b63bf883d0334b6a4afb0cc1901aeb9539998abf443d0a48fb15cdb1b0b4a7e4951cc2a1c4efa540d669861116a2dcaa1c5978f05e693
Homepage: http://ipxe.org/
Description-en: Network booting from GRUB using iPXE
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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This package adds a menu entry to grub2 for network booting using iPXE.
Description-md5: 069f85eb75e193394b417a675f95bdda