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mattbarszcz

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Registered: 2012-06-25

Posts: 35

rEFInd moved to /usr/share

I noticed today when I updated refind-efi to 0.7.1-4 that the package no longer installs files to /usr/lib/refind with symlinks for various components to /usr/share/refind.

The package now has its files in /usr/share/refind.

I have updated the references to /usr/lib/refind on the UEFI Bootloaders wiki page, but wanted to bring it to everyone's attention since I didn't see the change documented anywhere (and on reboot was missing my bootloader ).

Matt

Last edited by mattbarszcz (2013-07-25 02:00:19)

cfr

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From: Cymru

Registered: 2011-11-27

Posts: 7,173

Re: rEFInd moved to /usr/share

It was specified in pacman's output.

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WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: rEFInd moved to /usr/share

This happened because that is actually how Rod Smith intended for rEFInd to be packaged.  So in order for the included scripts to work properly, it needed to be changed.  Previously, the directories in /usr/lib were symlinked to /usr/share to try to make the scripts work.  It caused some problems, which were dealt with temporarily.  But I think it was just ultimately decided that it would be best to package it as upstream intended in order to avoid future issues with said scripts.

mattbarszcz

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Registered: 2012-06-25

Posts: 35

Re: rEFInd moved to /usr/share

It was specified in pacman's output.

True, there was the standard message saying where the files went (but without any indication that anything had been changed).

rEFInd UEFI application has been installed at /usr/share/refind/refind_*.efi

Other UEFI applications have been installed at /usr/share/refind/tools_*/

UEFI drivers have deen installed at /usr/share/refind/drivers_*/

Copy the efi application (according to your UEFI ARCH)
and /usr/share/refind/refind.conf-sample to a sub-directory of <EFISYS>/EFI/
as refind.conf and add an entry to firmware boot menu using efibootmgr
or mactel-boot (for Macs)

rEFInd Icons have been installed at /usr/share/refind/icons/
rEFInd Fonts have been installed at /usr/share/refind/fonts/

HTML Documentation is available at /usr/share/doc/refind/html/

More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI_Bootloaders#Using_rEFInd

I'm indifferent to the change, I just wanted to give people a heads up.