{"id":5770,"date":"2016-04-04T05:43:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T05:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2016-04-04T05:46:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T05:46:30","slug":"install-grub-customizer-ubuntu-16-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/install-grub-customizer-ubuntu-16-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Grub Customizer 5.0.5 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-icon.png\" alt=\"Grub Customizer\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5771\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grub Customizer, a graphical configuration tool for Grub and BURG boot-loader, has recently reached the 5.0.x series with Ubuntu 16.04 support and a few fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Grub Customizer provides a graphical interface to make it easy to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>create, move, remove, edit Grub menu entries<\/li>\n<li>set default OS<\/li>\n<li>show or hide Grub menu and change the time delay.<\/li>\n<li>change background image, resolution, fonts, etc.<\/li>\n<li>install Grub boot-loader to Windows&#8217; MBR, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5772\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5772\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer1-600x343.jpg\" alt=\"Grub Customizer, edit menu entries\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer1-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer1-450x257.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer1.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grub Customizer, edit menu entries<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5773\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5773\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer2-600x343.jpg\" alt=\"Grub Customizer General Settings\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer2-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer2-450x257.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer2.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grub Customizer General Settings<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5774\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5774\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer3-600x344.jpg\" alt=\"grub customizer theme settings\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer3-600x344.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer3-450x258.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer3.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">grub customizer theme settings<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>How to Install Grub-Customizer in Ubuntu 16.04:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This open-source application is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~danielrichter2007\/+archive\/ubuntu\/grub-customizer\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s PPA repository<\/a> for all current Ubuntu releases and their derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><u>Install Grub Customizer and receive future updates via Software Updater:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>1. Open terminal from App Launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T keys. When it opens, paste below command to add PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007\/grub-customizer<\/pre>\n<p>Type in password <i>(no visual feedback when typing password)<\/i> when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-ppa-600x75.jpg\" alt=\"Grub Customizer PPA\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-ppa-600x75.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-ppa-450x56.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/grub-customizer-ppa.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Then update package lists and install the software:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install grub-customizer<\/pre>\n<p><u>Get Grub-Customizer installer directly from PPA packages page:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t want to add PPA, grab the <b>.deb<\/b> package for your system and click install via <b>Software Center<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~danielrichter2007\/+archive\/ubuntu\/grub-customizer\/+packages\" target=\"_blank\">Grub Customizer PPA Package Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/download-grubcustomizer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/download-grubcustomizer-600x250.jpg\" alt=\"download-grubcustomizer\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/download-grubcustomizer-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/download-grubcustomizer-450x188.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/download-grubcustomizer.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Optional) To remove Grub Customizer, use Synaptic Package Manager or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove grub-customizer<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grub Customizer, a graphical configuration tool for Grub and BURG boot-loader, has recently reached the 5.0.x series with Ubuntu 16.04 support and a few fixes. 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