---
name: "update-gummiboot"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "gummiboot"
version: "45-2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-gummiboot"
---

# update-gummiboot(8)

Install / Remove kernel

## NAME

update-gummiboot - Install / Remove kernel

## SYNOPSIS

**update-gummiboot** \[*kernel-version*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**update-gummiboot** installs new kernels from /boot to /boot/efi (or whatever configured in /etc/default/gummiboot) and adds an entry to the boot loader; or removes the kernels.

If no kernel version is specified, **update-gummiboot** will default to the currently running kernel. If the kernel does not exist in /boot, **update-gummiboot** will remove the kernel from /boot/efi; otherwise it will be installed.

This interface might change in subsequent versions.

## FILES

*/etc/default/gummiboot*

## SEE ALSO

**[gummiboot(8)](/gummiboot/8.md)**

## AUTHOR

update-gummiboot has been written by Julian Andres Klode for the Debian project.