How to Install and Uninstall grub-common Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "grub-common" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install grub-common on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall grub-common on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub-common package on Kali Linux

Package: grub-common
Source: grub2
Version: 2.12-1+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 17430
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1 (>= 38), libefivar1 (>= 38), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), gettext-base
Recommends: os-prober (>= 1.33)
Suggests: multiboot-doc, grub-emu, mtools, xorriso (>= 0.5.6.pl00), desktop-base (>= 4.0.6), console-setup
Conflicts: init-select
Breaks: apport (<< 2.1.1), friendly-recovery (<< 0.2.13), lupin-support (<< 0.55), mdadm (<< 2.6.7-2)
Replaces: grub-coreboot (<< 2.00-4), grub-efi (<< 1.99-1), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 2.00-4), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 2.00-4), grub-efi-ia64 (<< 2.00-4), grub-ieee1275 (<< 2.00-4), grub-linuxbios (<< 1.96+20080831-1), grub-pc (<< 2.00-4), grub-yeeloong (<< 2.00-4), init-select
Built-Using: lzo2 (= 2.10-2)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-common_2.12-1+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 2884076
SHA256: 9bdc7065ca978e9201d39bd19af379cf0948ffe964a6929c77262e03c07b4dde
SHA1: d2b4e67947cbb4555e5f5dcc00e4183c7ba82255
MD5sum: e344a4a3005c72b13f41d08dcb575fa8
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
This package contains common files shared by the distinct flavours of GRUB.
It is shared between GRUB Legacy and GRUB 2, although a number of files
specific to GRUB 2 are here as long as they do not break GRUB Legacy.
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grub-mkrescue needs the suggested packages mtools (for UEFI targets) and
xorriso.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers