Replace grub2 with systemd-boot on Ubuntu 22.04

README.md

1. remove grub

apt purge --allow-remove-essential grub2-common grub-pc-bin grub-pc grub-gfxpayload-lists grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed grub-common os-prober shim-signed libfreetype6 
apt-get autoremove --purge
rm -rf /boot/grub/
rm -rf /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu

2. make sure it's not installed back
   • apt-mark hold "grub*"
3. install systemd-boot

apt install systemd-boot systemd-ukify

4. create /etc/kernel/cmdline with the wanted kernel command line (check /proc/cmdline for inspiration)
5. create /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-systemd-boot (see below, and make sure it's 0755 mode) and run it
6. reinstall the kernel package so it triggers kernel-install & friends
7. reboot

zz-update-systemd-boot

#!/bin/bash
#
# This is a simple kernel hook to populate the systemd-boot entries
# whenever kernels are added or removed.
#
       
# Our kernels.
KERNELS=()
FIND="find /boot -maxdepth 1 -name 'vmlinuz-*' -type f -print0 | sort -rz"
while IFS= read -r -u3 -d $'\0' LINE; do
    KERNEL=$(basename "${LINE}")
    KERNELS+=("${KERNEL:8}")
done 3< <(eval "${FIND}")

# There has to be at least one kernel.
if [ ${#KERNELS[@]} -lt 1 ]; then
    echo -e "\e[2msystemd-boot\e[0m \e[1;31mNo kernels found.\e[0m"
    exit 1
fi

LATEST="${KERNELS[@]:0:1}"
echo -e "\e[2msystemd-boot\e[0m \e[1;32m${LATEST}\e[0m"
objcopy \
  --add-section .osrel=/etc/os-release --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
  --add-section .cmdline=/etc/kernel/cmdline --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
  --add-section .linux=/boot/vmlinuz-${LATEST} --change-section-vma .linux=0x2000000 \
  --add-section .initrd=/boot/initrd.img-${LATEST} --change-section-vma .initrd=0x3000000 \
  /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub \
  /boot/efi/EFI/Linux/ubuntu.efi
    
# Success!
exit 0

omit libfreetype6 from the list of packages to remove

ps.
this gist was for a headless server

@gdamjan Thank you that fixed it. Is libfreetype6 intended to be removed (based on your gist)?