How to Install and Uninstall grub2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "grub2" package

Learn how to install grub2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                grub2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "grub2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall grub2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: grub2
Version: 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4
Installed-Size: 16
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: grub-pc (= 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4), grub-common (= 2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4)
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
Description-md5: bbb470013d1f2450dba730f10fbd09b4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Tag: admin::boot, role::dummy
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub2_2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4_amd64.deb
Size: 2536
MD5sum: 18d2bb19fd3548622b6b0c7eec7bc0fa
SHA256: 66b4c73cb18d9ab19bbdf478d92a864a542b7328b7f6dba7010843d69ce66c0d