How to Install and Uninstall grub-efi Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "grub-efi" package

Learn how to install grub-efi on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall grub-efi on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: grub-efi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: grub2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.13)
Depends: grub-common (= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32), grub-efi-amd64 (>= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32)
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32_amd64.deb
Size: 2544
MD5sum: 63b13b6b119b9295dbdc57c44d5b421b
SHA1: 57005cdf35b04a53548fdfdc4f949d7dba713360
SHA256: b4672d5e4ead5aee2926ad71cd17d34d8742cbf6cfd6f34fb0ad64b33423bb99
SHA512: 4d4e70ccf0b40fd7aa12fe8097b7b8b78072abf0e114b63372cf3943913d9d373afbd21c4647bc42f50a69e7fc74b45fcd2db0998bf7a0dc5a644b0f47ad7130
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
This is a dummy transitional package that depends on either grub-efi-ia32 or
grub-efi-amd64, depending on the architecture.
Description-md5: ab0258bbb994f6742ad233346c11cf50
Supported: 5y

Package: grub-efi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: grub2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.13)
Depends: grub-common (= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27), grub-efi-amd64 (= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27)
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27_amd64.deb
Size: 2544
MD5sum: c3490367cc6d4f6d68896e1ac5777ca7
SHA1: e4fa972d393ce0c93651da832cd9c31dcf93ba06
SHA256: 79878fd8014904cfe35a02a743c82bb4d3a49d69cfe29bb8dfbe36ca43370a57
SHA512: b581ab5762dda907456c10368bf17204e6c4eabf57983992dbca956cd1a671f214ac64bc53ca2f9f9a0e1040ab5d6be69642952bbe776fbb4dcbd6f66e546ee5
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
This is a dummy transitional package that depends on either grub-efi-ia32 or
grub-efi-amd64, depending on the architecture.
Description-md5: ab0258bbb994f6742ad233346c11cf50
Supported: 5y

Package: grub-efi
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 16
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: grub2
Version: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3
Depends: grub-common (= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3), grub-efi-amd64 (= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.13)
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 2542
MD5sum: 3ec274d970ab929ccb34236f405865f6
SHA1: d3232e6c622e87da1438f03c24d8909880ca4b74
SHA256: f4e860e574d5cf94cd0a1124b117b4ce354076e0fb26792565e01231129cb3e1
Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
This is a dummy transitional package that depends on either grub-efi-ia32 or
grub-efi-amd64, depending on the architecture.
Description-md5: ab0258bbb994f6742ad233346c11cf50
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y