How To Install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 is Support tools for GRUB.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64

The GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a highly configurable and customizable bootloader with modular architecture. It supports a rich variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures and hardware devices. This subpackage provides tools for support of all platforms.

We can use yum to install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64.

Install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64

How To Uninstall grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64

grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/prelink.conf.d/grub2.conf
/usr/bin/grub2-editenv
/usr/bin/grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2
/usr/bin/grub2-mount
/usr/sbin/grub2-get-kernel-settings
/usr/sbin/grub2-probe
/usr/sbin/grub2-set-bootflag
/usr/sbin/grub2-set-default
/usr/sbin/grub2-set-password
/usr/sbin/grub2-setpassword
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-editenv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grub2-mkpasswd-pbkdf2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/grub2-get-kernel-settings.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/grub2-set-default.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/grub2-set-password.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/grub2-setpassword.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.