How to Install and Uninstall grub-common Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "grub-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to install grub-common on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall grub-common on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: grub-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu47
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: 13392
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), 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_2.04-1ubuntu47_amd64.deb
Size: 2155156
MD5sum: 8482ba439a3ca14c27894b4627036f9e
SHA1: af8444f42b56b477ecbd6ad7adca8d9a42d1b7fb
SHA256: 70b533e76673a3196b1e3697c62258b556e77dfcc0026f0209116d231edefb2d
SHA512: 07b885bba122b7fc21aea524c824923f67deee0542111f8fe8821d4c444e937d496c73efd72b19fcf04ffb777cb4a2e806bfa8e32a3ca9b26bd194afc4c8aace
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
Task: ubuntu-live, kubuntu-live, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live