How to Install and Uninstall grub2-common Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "grub2-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to install grub2-common on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall grub2-common on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 grub2-common package on Kali Linux

Package: grub2-common
Source: grub2
Version: 2.12-1+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 1379
Depends: grub-common (= 2.12-1+kali1), dpkg (>= 1.15.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1 (>= 38), libefivar1 (>= 38), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614)
Conflicts: grub-legacy
Breaks: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-cloud-amd64 (<< 0.0.4), grub-coreboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-doc (<< 0.97-32), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-ieee1275 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-59), grub-pc (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-uboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-xen (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-yeeloong (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), shim (<< 0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-0ubuntu1~)
Replaces: grub, grub-cloud-amd64 (<< 0.0.4), grub-common (<< 1.99-1), grub-coreboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-doc (<< 0.97-32), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-ieee1275 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-legacy, grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-59), grub-pc (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-uboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-xen (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-yeeloong (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub2-common_2.12-1+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 634752
SHA256: 90d3ff9f5e04040f6d1598904f05905b0b1a29c798a33d5519c4ff6c3e10ee84
SHA1: 43f3b27268a1c155f48b0087eb8e8654f2ad6ca0
MD5sum: ef655cdae572e4aaf8020624edeaa957
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
This package contains common files shared by the distinct flavours of GRUB.
The files in this package are specific to GRUB 2, and would break GRUB
Legacy if installed on the same system.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers