How to Install and Uninstall os-prober Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "os-prober" package

Please follow the instructions below to install os-prober on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall os-prober 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 os-prober package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: os-prober
Version: 1.81
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), grub-common, mount
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_1.81_amd64.deb
Size: 30948
MD5sum: 1279c94c2d6ae466ee0dce93f63a2fef
SHA256: 0bca9dc1ec96798318006e0ebb22b8f1dc559f3ebb411a5574baf6e8196cd92a