How to Install and Uninstall grub-pc Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the grub-pc on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "grub-pc" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install grub-pc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                grub-pc
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "grub-pc" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall grub-pc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub-pc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub-pc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: grub-pc
Source: grub2
Version: 2.06-13+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 551
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: grub, grub-common (<= 1.97~beta2-1), grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub2 (<< 2.06-13+deb12u1)
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, grub-common (= 2.06-13+deb12u1), grub2-common (= 2.06-13+deb12u1), grub-pc-bin (= 2.06-13+deb12u1), ucf
Conflicts: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub-xen
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
Description-md5: 55663e0e8d42f469d665f9cc0013b733
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Tag: admin::boot, implemented-in::c, interface::framebuffer,
interface::shell, interface::text-mode, role::TODO, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-pc_2.06-13+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 136504
MD5sum: c81d3c72ea365c9aed63c4b8f2d4a7b0
SHA256: cf464e4780f1042ec5d2c79105b3428fe71126147d31eef7bc750a2aebebac91