How to Install grub-legacy-ec2 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install grub-legacy-ec2 software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

grub-legacy-ec2 software package provides Handles update-grub for ec2 instances, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install grub-legacy-ec2 

grub-legacy-ec2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the grub-legacy-ec2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grub-legacy-ec2 *

You will get with grub-legacy-ec2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

grub-legacy-ec2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Administration Utilities
Package grub-legacy-ec2
Version 0.7.7~bzr1212-0ubuntu1
Description Handles update-grub for ec2 instances
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove grub-legacy-ec2 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?