How to Install and Uninstall intel-microcode Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "intel-microcode" package

Learn how to install intel-microcode on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                intel-microcode
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "intel-microcode" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall intel-microcode on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                intel-microcode
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the intel-microcode package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: intel-microcode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20220510.0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5801
Depends: iucode-tool (>= 1.0)
Recommends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.113~)
Conflicts: microcode.ctl (<< 0.18~0)
Filename: pool/main/i/intel-microcode/intel-microcode_3.20220510.0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 4063000
MD5sum: 62f35275f515ad54bd7b26a8bb624ccc
SHA1: 4bbe094cebb54ac68a7c16412f4d5e5a9b189b7c
SHA256: 5e9cb06d16571b9b65d1a6939f3e27dfe64381b0b071c2cdaf90e109ad63a34e
SHA512: 3658e0acef06df79e8d3516592d2c6c784ebae6c09b521fc19c99f92dac37d489782c97d3e8b02bd3e386e77100b0116b2b0019cbba3c014ba26b2afe15f76af
Homepage: https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files
Description: Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
Description-md5: 3edb9824276886579313f0e847f6bb14
Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop

Package: intel-microcode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20191115.1ubuntu3
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2962
Depends: iucode-tool (>= 1.0)
Recommends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.113~)
Conflicts: microcode.ctl (<< 0.18~0)
Filename: pool/main/i/intel-microcode/intel-microcode_3.20191115.1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 2407684
MD5sum: 6e01d52b63ce309a7c18abdd05884892
SHA1: 648a2488bbafcb142928d66014e46c2cfd1de099
SHA256: a8f0e3f69df0fec967a127f051bf86836ece345f959f7470878e12f3ebd07fe3
Homepage: https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files
Description: Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
Description-md5: 3edb9824276886579313f0e847f6bb14
Task: ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop