How to Install grub software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install grub software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

grub software package provides GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install grub 

grub is installed in your system.

Make ensure the grub package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grub *

You will get with grub package name, version, architecture and description in a table

grub package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package grub
Version 0.97-29ubuntu68
Description GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove grub software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?