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

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the grub-rescue-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-rescue-pc" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall grub-rescue-pc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: grub-rescue-pc
Source: grub2
Version: 2.06-13+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 6441
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Description: GRUB bootable rescue images, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
Description-md5: 5e771fe83a2112f4f90cabc9f93cbd47
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Tag: admin::boot
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-rescue-pc_2.06-13+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 2491712
MD5sum: d0860a84105f7a4259cfa48510f5b9d2
SHA256: 53c2689a33abbc862a4c6a17830b60835c88a810d5f226462a2399c185e8eaae