How to Install and Uninstall amd64-microcode Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "amd64-microcode" package

This tutorial shows how to install amd64-microcode on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                amd64-microcode
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "amd64-microcode" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall amd64-microcode on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                amd64-microcode
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the amd64-microcode package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: amd64-microcode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20191218.1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 76
Recommends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.113~) | dracut (>= 044) | tiny-initramfs
Breaks: intel-microcode (<< 2)
Filename: pool/main/a/amd64-microcode/amd64-microcode_3.20191218.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 31752
MD5sum: af1aa84ca77ecfce090a4fe60cf5bd6e
SHA1: a36377107d9dac66506fb0662bbfeec35fb03e4a
SHA256: 0ff25a05611f102651fe8680ac78e00c8e93e8689a2a9ffcdf0586dbf643614c
SHA512: 6d975e3174f6ecbc6db0d8b6268bd6c6cb67797970d2cda811db057daaa17abf2bd00e1cea8191959768c685a643ca26e98afe435afa0100b1f114c811499e0f
Description-en: Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
This package contains microcode patches for all AMD AMD64
processors. AMD releases microcode patches to correct
processor behavior as documented in the respective processor
revision guides.
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For Intel processors, please refer to the intel-microcode package.
Description-md5: 093f190e183c7cfeca05b52ecd2116e3