installing grub2 customizer

[dinistic]

Hello all, I need to change my bootloader specs and change windows to the default value and I also want to change the time..

I've been searching on web and I've found Grub2 customizer.

to install it, I've simply to stroke a few keys from the cmd line.

add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
apt-get update
apt-get install grub-customizer

although I get the following message during this process


root@localhost:~# add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
bash: add-apt-repository: command not found


how I solve this problem?

Cheers

[root-boy]

You need to install python-software-properties to be able to use the python-software-properties command.

apt-get install python-software-properties

Also you can add repositories manually to your /etc/apt/sources.list file

[charonsecurity]

I suggest downloading the grub-customizer from source and build it from there.
https://answers.launchpad.net/grub-customizer/+faq/1397

# step one: Install these packages:

* cmake
* g++ OR gcc-c++
* libgtkmm-2.4-dev OR gtkmm24-devel (>= 2.18)
* gettext
* libssl-dev OR openssl-devel

(The package names may be different, depending on the distribution they are using on)

# step two: download the sources:

download the tar.gz-package here: https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer/+download
…and extract its contents.

# step three: compile the sources:

Go into the source directory extracted from the tar.gz file, then run

$ cmake . && make

If you get a cmake version error, try to set the "cmake_minimum_required" value to your installed version - I only written down the lowest tested version, so older versions may be compatible too.

# step four: install some (optional) runtime dependencies:

* hwinfo

# step five: install Grub Customizer

$ sudo make install

Then you can start Grub Customizer using the menu or by running `gksu grub-customizer` / `sudo grub-customizer`

[JuanDeLemos]

You say :

# step one: Install these packages:

* cmake
* g++ OR gcc-c++
* libgtkmm-2.4-dev OR gtkmm24-devel (>= 2.18)
* gettext
* libssl-dev OR openssl-devel


Well, and how I do install it ??

type de commands in the pad o how to do it !!!

Thanks !!!

[P373]

You need to install python-software-properties to be able to use the python-software-properties command.

apt-get install python-software-properties

Also you can add repositories manually to your /etc/apt/sources.list file

These are all the commands you need JuanDeLemos.

[JuanDeLemos]

almost at the end come this message:

root@kali:~# sudo cmake GrubCustomizer && make
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.29")
-- Checking for module 'gtkmm-3.0'
-- No package 'gtkmm-3.0' found
-- Checking for module 'gthread-2.0'
-- Found gthread-2.0, version 2.48.1
-- Checking for module 'openssl'
-- Found openssl, version 1.0.2h
-- Checking for module 'libarchive'
-- No package 'libarchive' found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root
Scanning dependencies of target grub-customizer
[ 12%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o
In file included from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/ThemeManager.hpp:25:0,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/Factory.hpp:32,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/client.cpp:23:
/root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/Theme.hpp:27:21: fatal error: archive.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:67: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

root@kali:~# sudo cmake minimum required GrubCustomizer && make
-- Checking for module 'gtkmm-3.0'
-- No package 'gtkmm-3.0' found
-- Checking for module 'libarchive'
-- No package 'libarchive' found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root
[ 12%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o
In file included from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/ThemeManager.hpp:25:0,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/Factory.hpp:32,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/client.cpp:23:
/root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/Theme.hpp:27:21: fatal error: archive.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:67: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@kali:~# sudo cmake GrubCustomizer && make
-- Checking for module 'gtkmm-3.0'
-- No package 'gtkmm-3.0' found
-- Checking for module 'libarchive'
-- No package 'libarchive' found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root
[ 12%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o
In file included from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/ThemeManager.hpp:25:0,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/Factory.hpp:32,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/client.cpp:23:
/root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/Theme.hpp:27:21: fatal error: archive.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:67: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

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Thanks in advance,

I need some tip !!!!

[JuanDeLemos]

Thanks P373 !!!

Well after installing all that almost at the end pront this message:


root@kali:~# sudo cmake GrubCustomizer && make

-- The C compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 5.4.0
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.29")
-- Checking for module 'gtkmm-3.0'
-- No package 'gtkmm-3.0' found
-- Checking for module 'gthread-2.0'
-- Found gthread-2.0, version 2.48.1
-- Checking for module 'openssl'
-- Found openssl, version 1.0.2h
-- Checking for module 'libarchive'
-- No package 'libarchive' found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root
Scanning dependencies of target grub-customizer
[ 12%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o
In file included from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/ThemeManager.hpp:25:0,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/Factory.hpp:32,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/client.cpp:23:
/root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/Theme.hpp:27:21: fatal error: archive.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:67: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

well I do try again with cmake minimum required :


root@kali:~# sudo cmake minimum required GrubCustomizer && make

-- Checking for module 'gtkmm-3.0'
-- No package 'gtkmm-3.0' found
-- Checking for module 'libarchive'
-- No package 'libarchive' found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root
[ 12%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o
In file included from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/ThemeManager.hpp:25:0,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/Factory.hpp:32,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/client.cpp:23:
/root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/Theme.hpp:27:21: fatal error: archive.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:67: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@kali:~# sudo cmake GrubCustomizer && make
-- Checking for module 'gtkmm-3.0'
-- No package 'gtkmm-3.0' found
-- Checking for module 'libarchive'
-- No package 'libarchive' found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root
[ 12%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o
In file included from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/ThemeManager.hpp:25:0,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/Factory.hpp:32,
from /root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/client.cpp:23:
/root/GrubCustomizer/src/main/../Bootstrap/../Model/Theme.hpp:27:21: fatal error: archive.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/build.make:62: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o' failed
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/src/main/client.cpp.o] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:67: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/grub-customizer.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2


Where is the problem, what I had done wrong ???

Thanks in advance

[P373]

Try it the easy way:

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade 
apt-get install python-software-properties
add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
apt-get update
apt-get install grub-customizer

[JuanDeLemos]

Hi P373 !!

How R U !!??

I did follow what you did say and it is the answer :

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade = O.K. !!


root@kali:~# apt-get install python-software-properties
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python-software-properties is already the newest version (0.92.25debian1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 159 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up dradis (3.1.0~rc2+git20160609-0kali1) ...
Warning: The home dir /var/lib/dradis you specified already exists.
The system user `dradis' already exists. Exiting.
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/resolver.rb:194:in `block in initialize': undefined method `add_root_vertex' for Molinillo:ependencyGraph:[]:Molinillo:ependencyGraph (NoMethodError)
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/resolver.rb:194:in `initialize'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/resolver.rb:181:in `new'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/resolver.rb:181:in `resolve'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/definition.rb:200:in `resolve'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/definition.rb:140:in `specs'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/definition.rb:185:in `specs_for'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/definition.rb:174:in `requested_specs'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/environment.rb:18:in `requested_specs'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/runtime.rb:13:in `setup'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler.rb:127:in `setup'
from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/bundler/setup.rb:8:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /usr/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
from /usr/lib/dradis/config/boot.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
from bin/rake:2:in `require_relative'
from bin/rake:2:in `<main>'
dpkg: error processing package dradis (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
dradis
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@kali:~# add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
bash: add-apt-repository: command not found
root@kali:~# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found
root@kali:~#


Still give me the same error !!!!!
Thanks in advance !!!

[P373]

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade = O.K. !!


root@kali:~# apt-get install python-software-properties
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python-software-properties is already the newest version (0.92.25debian1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 159 not upgraded.

No its not ok you have 159 packages not upgraded.