To build the latest Grub2 source code and install

This build is needed on the host build machine.

Pre-req's to Install

$ sudo apt-get install libdevmapper-dev freetype2-demos bison automake autoconf flex

Steps

$ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/grub.git

$ cd grub

~/grub $ ./autogen.sh

~/grub $ ./configure

~/grub $ make

~/grub $ sudo make install

~/grub $ grub-install -V

~/grub $ which grub-install /usr/local/sbin/grub-install