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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "grub-legacy" package

This is a short guide on how to install grub-legacy on Kali Linux


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                grub-legacy
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "grub-legacy" package

Learn how to uninstall grub-legacy on Kali Linux:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub-legacy
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the grub-legacy package on Kali Linux

Package: grub-legacy
Source: grub
Version: 0.97-81
Installed-Size: 701
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: grub (<< 0.97-54)
Provides: grub
Depends: grub-common, libc6-i386 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: grub-legacy-doc, mdadm, multiboot
Size: 277540
SHA256: a115a77f097211fd1b436890ee30316df7e2860c42f55a370ad41a1c76caa621
SHA1: 86dda3977e25a6ebfab63d1a7ddc4ed6c1a39baa
MD5sum: 5e26bc48ac05309a3014316e5ac57e4e
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
GRUB is a GPLed bootloader intended to unify bootloading across x86
operating systems. In addition to loading the Linux kernel,
it implements the Multiboot standard, which allows for flexible loading
of multiple boot images (needed for modular kernels such as the GNU Hurd).
.
Please note that GRUB Legacy is in maintanance mode and new features are
only accepted in GRUB 2 (grub-pc package).
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/grub/grub-legacy_0.97-81_amd64.deb