How to Install and Uninstall grub-common Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "grub-common" package

This is a short guide on how to install grub-common on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall grub-common on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: grub-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.12-1ubuntu4
Built-Using: lzo2 (= 2.10-2build3)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: grub2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12476
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1t64 (>= 38), libefivar1t64 (>= 38), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, gettext-base, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), python3, python3-apt
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
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-common_2.12-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 2111096
MD5sum: c4e8b137dd6310c9bc17aa148ad95aef
SHA1: 3cec8eae1a1ae4eaa5bc2001473030f9cd136d79
SHA256: c0673ae3176042cef724f3d9cf72173ad96f179af099291c8c7964969229e80f
SHA512: b6561bfc70b98a02a41d507d8cbd1522614ffc64c90b66d33cbbe3c00f09b8d45eb6eb985f3cf6ed996697e2aaba90d91225550b3a57f4c3e52bd22d47ce1ebc
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
Description-md5: 9c75036dc0a0792fedbc58df208ed227
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