How to Install and Uninstall grub-common Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "grub-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install grub-common on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall grub-common on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: grub-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu45
Built-Using: lzo2 (= 2.10-2build1)
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: 13396
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfuse2 (>= 2.8.4-1.4), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, gettext-base, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: os-prober (>= 1.33)
Suggests: multiboot-doc, grub-emu, 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_2.04-1ubuntu45_amd64.deb
Size: 1882928
MD5sum: 5da453ff79cc90852d9279ea4ca8b3be
SHA1: df0be1ca3acf6f0c9c6acf0bba6bb7730fd37c36
SHA256: cd102b545f66a9ee1e1376bfa814009cc63dbc115a901508406d321248f41251
SHA512: 96248443d2d9acff62ca6da1253b8dd3c1d7ff9dd3b39a28feb6ac4d40bece479f3cf83ea542475f391aa3a216240d83d2ba20ceac34c8dd79a08f2ebb26b403
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
This package contains common files shared by the distinct flavours of GRUB.
It is shared between GRUB Legacy and GRUB 2, although a number of files
specific to GRUB 2 are here as long as they do not break GRUB Legacy.
Description-md5: 6e1c01c5245ffb9578aee58ee944229b
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