How to Install and Uninstall grub-xen Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "grub-xen" package

This tutorial shows how to install grub-xen on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                grub-xen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "grub-xen" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall grub-xen on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub-xen
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub-xen package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: grub-xen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu26.17
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: grub2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 178
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.17), grub2-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.17), grub-xen-bin (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.17), ucf
Conflicts: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub-pc
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-xen_2.04-1ubuntu26.17_amd64.deb
Size: 46640
MD5sum: 212a969751230c03f178e52cc53a6ba1
SHA1: a14804cc6f4b68eedcb29c199546b1b4e539dc7f
SHA256: 62c2a0c28aa37c10ce13e62aad0f9e9042fb14de8558cde48427ecfc32c38460
SHA512: 64fa55f1f81ce6f325bc73370b1c1dea2983d4779e7cca10fb2f89e7c240065e769659390a406031106003e14c81f866e78a33f42b63a28fb0194cc9fe95e02c
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Xen version)
Description-md5: 2eceba62a74d5d7f9e98f3a6f5d2a1d1

Package: grub-xen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu26.12
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: grub2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 178
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.12), grub2-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.12), grub-xen-bin (= 2.04-1ubuntu26.12), ucf
Conflicts: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub-pc
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-xen_2.04-1ubuntu26.12_amd64.deb
Size: 46636
MD5sum: 4ae8e5ce252cb86743f465d0aacedf57
SHA1: 4ef702ada519d2fe172be66baabf7f5e59e516ca
SHA256: 782542bdeed0d811992063416d213e6300426d42f62cdc9ab48542b27fba24ef
SHA512: 5f54ccf215a20fc9d703f9eb19b5d6955308b57a5e237ecf9422345ed2d32ea7ebcafcee484007bf13ed95c59d1352a88293691319dff7661630c764993f1b08
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Xen version)
Description-md5: 2eceba62a74d5d7f9e98f3a6f5d2a1d1

Package: grub-xen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu26
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: grub2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 178
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26), grub2-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu26), grub-xen-bin (= 2.04-1ubuntu26), ucf
Conflicts: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-legacy, grub-pc
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-xen_2.04-1ubuntu26_amd64.deb
Size: 46548
MD5sum: 132609b754182cf1045d050d939c004c
SHA1: 777f6bf040fcc9fa82004a72dcb5969548f126a0
SHA256: 2fad9e9851eea4f52abc502ef0acea8e62b8b7fe94ee628b1b483f30ffe73704
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Xen version)
Description-md5: 2eceba62a74d5d7f9e98f3a6f5d2a1d1