How to Install and Uninstall os-prober Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "os-prober" package

This tutorial shows how to install os-prober on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                os-prober
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "os-prober" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall os-prober on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: os-prober
Version: 1.77
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), grub-common
Description: utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
Description-md5: fdd4c0b3d1ed11dca7af85ad71167f5a
Tag: admin::install, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/os-prober/os-prober_1.77_amd64.deb
Size: 30200
MD5sum: 5d682de05b04c73f0ade23ec7e6253e9
SHA256: 08ae7a6074d0936e2ac422eb4d389c5d33e5d4a7a44d089c7719a1a4d7d79a41