Hello Linux Geeksters. As the name suggests, GRUB2 Editor is a KDE application that enables the users to manage the GRUB2 entries.
It has the following features:
- Manage default boot entry
- Manage boot timeout
- Manage boot resolutions
- Manage boot menu colors
- Manage boot menu theme
- Manage linux kernel arguments
- Save and update the configuration files of GRUB2
- Recover GRUB2
- Remove old entries
- Create and preview GRUB2 splash images
The latest version available is GRUB2 Editor 0.6.4, which has been released recently. For more information about the changes brougth to the latest version, see the release notes.
In this article I will show you how to install GRUB2 Editor on Fedora 19, Fedora 18, OpenSUSE 12.3 and OpenSUSE 12.2.
Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install GRUB2 Editor 0.6.4 on Fedora 19:
$ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
$ sudo wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ksmanis/Fedora_19/home:ksmanis.repo
$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install kcm-grub2
For the EFI-compatible version of the GRU2 Editor, install the kcm-grub2-efi package, instead of kcm-grub2
How to install GRUB2 Editor 0.6.4 on Fedora 18:
$ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
$ sudo wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ksmanis/Fedora_18/home:ksmanis.repo
$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install kcm-grub2
For the EFI-compatible version of the GRU2 Editor, install the kcm-grub2-efi package, instead of kcm-grub2
How to install GRUB2 Editor 0.6.4 on OpenSUSE 12.3:
$ sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ksmanis/openSUSE_12.3/home:ksmanis.repo
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install kcm-grub2
How to install GRUB2 Editor 0.6.4 on OpenSUSE 12.2:
$ sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ksmanis/openSUSE_12.2/home:ksmanis.repo
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install kcm-grub2
How to install GRUB2 Editor 0.6.4 on OpenSUSE 11.4:
$ sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ksmanis/openSUSE_11.4/home:ksmanis.repo
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install kcm-grub2