How to Install grub2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install grub2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

grub2 software package provides GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package), 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 grub2 

grub2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the grub2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grub2 *

You will get with grub2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

grub2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package grub2
Version 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3
Description GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove grub2 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?