grub-install error: modinfo.sh doesn't exist

Question

I entered the following command

grub-install --target=x84-64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootfloader-id=grub

But I get the error

grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/x84_64-efi/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.

What is going wrong?

Solution

You have typos. It must be x86 not x84. Also, it should be bootloader-id not bootfloader-id:

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=grub

Comments

[Hunter.S.Thompson]

I don't really see how this is going to help other people, it is not a question that can be reproduced, unless there is a typo in the person's command, which is a human error, not something that needs technical help. The error can be reproduced when the person does not add the target or directory, in which case a different answer would be helpful.

[Eric Haynes]

Lol, well, I actually just made the exact same typo, so glad it was here. ;-)