How to Install and Uninstall grub2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the grub2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "grub2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install grub2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall grub2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: grub2
Version: 2.06-13+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 12
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: grub-pc (= 2.06-13+deb12u1), grub-common (= 2.06-13+deb12u1)
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_2.06-13+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 2364
MD5sum: 1dec584f327028dc072476c294b411fa
SHA256: f75f168ff6b54fb08c7f881394ade08a6884fe655d83485e79117c7963a50fd1