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href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-11/8/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.10.0
+6/24/2016, referencing rEFInd 0.10.3
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@@ -132,39 +132,39 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
- A
- binary zip file—Download this if you want to install
- rEFInd and/or its filesystem drivers on an x86 or x86-64
- computer and have no need to test rEFInd first by booting it on an
- optical disc. This zip file package includes both x86 (aka IA32)
- and x86-64 (aka x64, AMD64, or EM64T) versions of rEFInd.
- Which you install depends on your architecture, as described on the Installing rEFInd page. Some users of Arch
- Linux have reported problems booting some specific Arch Linux kernels
- with rEFInd and some other tools. For them, a variant
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.3/refind-bin-0.10.3.zip/download">A
+ binary zip file—Download this if you want to install rEFInd
+ and/or its filesystem drivers on an x86, x86-64, or ARM64
+ computer and have no need to test rEFInd first by booting it on an optical
+ disc. This zip file package includes x86 (aka IA32), x86-64
+ (aka x64, AMD64, or EM64T), and ARM64 (aka AARCH64 or AA64) versions
+ of rEFInd. Which you install depends on your architecture, as described on
+ the Installing rEFInd page. Some users of Arch
+ Linux have reported problems booting some specific Arch Linux kernels with
+ rEFInd and some other tools. For them, a variant
package exists in which the x86-64 binary was compiled with
- GNU-EFI rather than the usual TianoCore EDK2. This change helps some
- users with this problem.
+ GNU-EFI rather than the usual TianoCore EDK2. This change helps some users
+ with this problem.
- A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.3/refind-0.10.3-1.x86_64.rpm/download">A
binary RPM file—If you use an RPM-based x86-64
Linux system such as Fedora or openSUSE, you can install the binary RPM
- package rather than use the binary zip file. (I don't provide an
- equivalent 32-bit package.) This package runs the
+ package rather than use the binary zip file. (I don't provide
+ equivalent 32-bit [x86] or ARM64 packages.) This package runs the
refind-install script (described on the Installing rEFInd page) as part of the
installation process. Distribution maintainers can examine the
refind.spec file in the source package and tweak it to their
needs. The source
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.3/refind-0.10.3-1.src.rpm/download">source
RPM file might or might not build on your system as-is; it relies
on assumptions about the locations of the GNU-EFI development
files.
- A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.3/refind_0.10.3-1_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
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
- A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.3/refind-cd-0.10.3.zip/download">A
CD-R image file—This download contains the same files as
the binary zip file, but you can burn it to a CD-R to test rEFInd
(and its filesystem drivers) without installing it first. (It boots on
@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ first partition on /dev/sdd. This procedure should work even on a
BIOS-booted computer.
- A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.3/refind-flashdrive-0.10.3.zip/download">A
USB flash drive image file—Although you can create
your own rEFInd USB flash drive, you may find it easier to download
this version and copy it to your USB drive with dd or some
other low-level disk copying utility.
- A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.10.3/refind-src-0.10.3.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
@@ -237,21 +237,48 @@ BIOS-booted computer.
-- Ubuntu—Although an official Ubuntu
- package isn't available, I've created a rEFInd PPA
- 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
- Secure Boot system and added its key as a MOK, you'll have to add your
- local key when you reboot.
+- Debian—Debian added rEFInd 0.10.3 to its "sid" (unstable")
+ repository in June of 2016. Because most people don't use this
+ "bleeding-edge" version of the distribution, it is not yet a practical
+ option for most users; but it is on the way. You can download and
+ install it as a separate package here.
+ Debian's inclusion of rEFInd means that derivative distributions, such
+ as Ubuntu and Mint, will eventually receive rEFInd packages, too. Be
+ aware that Debian's package is not signed with a Secure Boot key,
+ although if the sbsigntool package is installed, the
+ installation scripts will generate and use their own Secure Boot
+ keys and sign the binary with them.
+
+- Ubuntu—Two Ubuntu-specific methods of installing rEFInd in
+ this distribution exist:
+
+
+
+ - Ubuntu 16.10 ("Yakkety Yak") has synced the Debian package. As I
+ write (in late June, 2016), it's not yet available in the
+ repositories, but it should appear there eventually. Note that, like
+ the Debian package, this one is not signed for use with Secure Boot,
+ but if your system includes the sbsigntool package, the
+ installer will generate a local key for this purpose.
+
+ - I've created a rEFInd
+ PPA 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. You'll be asked to decide whether to install
+ rEFInd to the ESP when you first install it. 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 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
+ Secure Boot system and added its key as a MOK, you'll have to add
+ your local key when you reboot.
+
+
- Arch Linux—You can obtain rEFInd from the Arch
repositories, in both a stable version (the refind-efi package
@@ -269,11 +296,12 @@ BIOS-booted 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.
+- Gentoo Linux—An official ebuild of rEFInd is available; see here for
+ details and here for
+ Gentoo's official rEFInd documentation. A separately-maintained overlay
+ exists (see here),
+ which can be compiled with TianoCore and may be more up-to-date.
- Slackware—As far as I know, an official rEFInd package is
not available as part of Slackware; however, a
-copyright © 2012–2015 by Roderick W. Smith
+copyright © 2012–2016 by Roderick W. Smith
This document is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL), version 1.3.