How to Install and Uninstall grub2-common Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: September 19,2024

1. Install "grub2-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install grub2-common on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                grub2-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "grub2-common" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall grub2-common on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub2-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub2-common package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: grub2-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu45
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: 1316
Depends: grub-common (= 2.04-1ubuntu45), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info, libc6 (>= 2.33), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614)
Conflicts: grub-legacy
Breaks: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-cloud-amd64 (<< 0.0.4), grub-coreboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-ieee1275 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-pc (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-uboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-xen (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-yeeloong (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), shim (<< 13)
Replaces: grub, grub-cloud-amd64 (<< 0.0.4), grub-common (<< 1.99-1), grub-coreboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-ieee1275 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-legacy, grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-pc (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-uboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-xen (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-yeeloong (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7)
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub2-common_2.04-1ubuntu45_amd64.deb
Size: 594484
MD5sum: 0d202c4d0da0252f2321381361d800d2
SHA1: 6dfe5ea40578e4bf3a224a35bbaf9824a1151cf6
SHA256: be92ae508b730aba7c91c687b099080cf1aa612fc93328f4281d6dc75ab43c3d
SHA512: 9e6b6d422ed22363b589d7023dc4c1ad772e59126cce6e3a0973985b9f82f299a7055ba69ed91eaa40748574379dd87936a7b88098f1dcb29839390244f9c620
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
This package contains common files shared by the distinct flavours of GRUB.
The files in this package are specific to GRUB 2, and would break GRUB
Legacy if installed on the same system.
Description-md5: a969e6536e745e177a340b30bdb5ba3f
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