How to Install and Uninstall os-prober Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "os-prober" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install os-prober on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall os-prober on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: os-prober
Version: 1.81
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), grub-common, mount
Size: 30948
SHA256: 0bca9dc1ec96798318006e0ebb22b8f1dc559f3ebb411a5574baf6e8196cd92a
SHA1: e0efeef148285b07cc551ada5b808a6648a57a60
MD5sum: 1279c94c2d6ae466ee0dce93f63a2fef
Description: utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
This package detects other OSes available on a system and outputs the
results in a generic machine-readable format.
Description-md5:
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