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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "grub-firmware-qemu" package

Please follow the guidance below to install grub-firmware-qemu on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall grub-firmware-qemu on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: grub-firmware-qemu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32
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: 1900
Recommends: qemu
Enhances: qemu
Filename: pool/universe/g/grub2/grub-firmware-qemu_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32_amd64.deb
Size: 579468
MD5sum: 0dbc328f2755647bccb84027c1b576c4
SHA1: 715422818acbaea02c950429f359f306e862e6f9
SHA256: de32ecc498a0ecc82fc6eb0917fdbd9fbe5ebd7641d4dabfd0ef1c3545f4d15b
SHA512: 593e6ddd61c55a6047a79e363ad13166008a5c73ae28013634bb744c3df08a716ef492463ab27ed6ba3cf43468157a08ad961cb6f0000470b95de2f405e83ee2
Homepage: http://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.
.
In order to make QEMU use this firmware, simply add `-bios grub.bin' when
invoking it.
.
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

Package: grub-firmware-qemu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27
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: 1899
Recommends: qemu
Enhances: qemu
Filename: pool/universe/g/grub2/grub-firmware-qemu_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.27_amd64.deb
Size: 580592
MD5sum: 751ea4bcc5c999e9e9ff80b8ae588d3f
SHA1: 40ea72d9e79eadef8ec1472bf79ecfcf885dd0f2
SHA256: 4ba40cd6afdbe64f4864c6a383e00f9cc7d7ac330317a71955197c53e4eeb940
SHA512: 3fccaeccfab0419470c7b5b3d9a2eb310d4d7f3ed673b51c8aa44df81772d62070e3b8b5e473f9d979906c5b52b0aed5d5bc476d09f439262f098dc996d4224d
Homepage: http://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.
.
In order to make QEMU use this firmware, simply add `-bios grub.bin' when
invoking it.
.
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

Package: grub-firmware-qemu
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 1895
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: grub2
Version: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3
Recommends: qemu
Filename: pool/universe/g/grub2/grub-firmware-qemu_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 574508
MD5sum: 8eb36a811b365bfd2f9a618565106e2e
SHA1: 21918b0f14610693658ac945d54617c6fea392fd
SHA256: 5eca3247f20977e759a49976236e6c5caa521f4249cf414ae534435812623e89
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.
.
In order to make QEMU use this firmware, simply add `-bios grub.bin' when
invoking it.
.
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
Enhances: qemu
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu