How to Install and Uninstall amd64-microcode Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "amd64-microcode" package

Learn how to install amd64-microcode on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall amd64-microcode on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: amd64-microcode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20191218.1ubuntu2
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_3.20191218.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 32474
MD5sum: 752abdef51097494a5c55c1bc20f5d16
SHA1: fa24aa94e466a594e08c669b65c3d2dea31b7356
SHA256: ae2e7aa255e9c95aeaf8513633c9a12e4feac27676cbb0809f311933590dcd61
SHA512: 70540688e585c68e545dc958ecd77d0815b6d89b7fc847d9445d5d2eb8bc93dd2bcf587735a44c6460bdab2460528dda3510c515582b8a7bc5874152b663c821
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