Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-7/6/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.3
+11/8/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.10.0
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+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.0/refind_0.10.0-1_amd64.deb/download">A
binary Debian package—If you use an x86-64 version
of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, or another Debian-based distribution, you can
install from this package, which was converted from the binary RPM
@@ -175,23 +172,10 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
PPA is available, which may install more smoothly and will cause
rEFInd to automatically update with other packages.
-
-
Note: At the moment, neither the bootable CD-R image file nor the bootable USB flash drive image file supports booting with Secure Boot active. The x86-64 version of the ALT Linux Rescue disc uses a Secure Boot-enabled rEFInd, though, so you may find that useful in some situations.
Tip: If you want to make your own bootable USB
flash drive, download the binary zip file or CD-R image file, prepare a USB
-flash drive with a FAT32 partition, and then use the install.sh
-program's --usedefault option, and perhaps the
---alldrivers option, as in bash install.sh
---usedefault /dev/sdd1 --alldrivers to install to the first partition
-on /dev/sdd. This procedure should work even on a BIOS-booted
-computer.
+flash drive with a FAT32 partition, and then use the
+refind-install program's --usedefault option, and perhaps
+the --alldrivers option, as in bash
+refind-install --usedefault /dev/sdd1 --alldrivers to install to the
+first partition on /dev/sdd. This procedure should work even on a
+BIOS-booted computer.
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- source code zip file—This is useful if you want to compile
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.0/refind-src-0.10.0.tar.gz/download">A
+ source code tarball—This is useful if you want to compile
the software locally. Note that I use Linux with the TianoCore EFI
Development Kit 2 (EDK2) to build my binary packages (above),
- although the GNU-EFI
- development tools are also supported.
+ although the GNU-EFI development
+ tools are also supported, and are used in building the Ubuntu PPA.
Source code via
git—If you want to peruse the source code in your Web
browser or get the very latest version (including pre-release bug fixes
and updates), you can use the Sourceforge git repository. This access
method is most useful to programmers, or at least to those who are
- familiar with programming tools. Note that if you need to ask "what's
- git?", this is probably not the best way for you to obtain rEFInd.
+ familiar with programming tools. If you need to ask "what's git?", this
+ is probably not the best way for you to obtain rEFInd.
@@ -255,13 +240,13 @@ computer.
Ubuntu—Although an official Ubuntu
package isn't available, I've created a rEFInd PPA
- for Ubuntu. To use it, type sudo
- apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind, then sudo apt-get update. You can then type apt-get install refind to install the package.
- Thereafter, the rEFInd version will update along with your other
- software. This package is built with GNU-EFI and is not signed with a
- Secure Boot key; however, the install script (which launches
+ for Ubuntu. To use it, open a Terminal window and type sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind,
+ then sudo apt-get update. You can then type
+ sudo apt-get install refind to install the
+ package. Thereafter, the rEFInd version will update along with your
+ other software. This package is built with GNU-EFI and is not signed
+ with a Secure Boot key; however, the install script (which launches
automatically when you install the package) should sign the binary with
a locally-generated key if it detects that your system uses Secure
Boot. Thus, if you've previously installed one of my binaries on a
@@ -284,6 +269,17 @@ computer.
href="http://packages.altlinux.org/en/Sisyphus/srpms/refind">this
page for details.
+
Gentoo Linux—An official ebuild of rEFInd is available;
+ see here
+ for details and here
+ for Gentoo's official rEFInd documentation.
+
+
Slackware—As far as I know, an official rEFInd package is
+ not available as part of Slackware; however, a Slackware
+ package from SlackBuilds is available.
+
Fat
Dog—This variant of Puppy Linux uses a combination of
rEFInd and GRUB 2 to boot its installation medium in EFI mode and
@@ -293,18 +289,13 @@ computer.
collection—This site creates packages for a number of
OSes using its own packaging system.
-
Slackware—Although it doesn't seem to provide an official
- build, this
- site has links to rEFInd binary packages for Slackware 13.37 and
- 14.0.
-
To the best of my knowledge, no other Linux distribution yet includes rEFInd in its repositories. That's likely to change in time. If you hear of rEFInd being included in an OS's official package set, feel free to drop me a line.
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
-