How to Install and Uninstall os-prober Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "os-prober" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install os-prober on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall os-prober on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: os-prober
Version: 1.79
Installed-Size: 108
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_1.79_amd64.deb
Size: 30444
MD5sum: 7d97f844253f38a73e82e27eec9637d0
SHA256: c3bcfd46a7bb610079a5a06a174f432dcdf612e1abc7a7244e0bea5694ad5a0d