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

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "intel-microcode" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall intel-microcode on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                intel-microcode
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the intel-microcode package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: intel-microcode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20210608.2ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4707
Depends: iucode-tool (>= 1.0)
Recommends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.113~)
Conflicts: microcode.ctl (<< 0.18~0)
Filename: pool/main/i/intel-microcode/intel-microcode_3.20210608.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3774628
MD5sum: 528d63b8f563c38d8cfb570ca91014c2
SHA1: 2b3db7d89273b37d9c1ffaf70d5a2e4b942fad68
SHA256: e5025089b7a01235d3209aef10ed538f3535e1879b21cfe220c50213802ebec7
SHA512: 7686ec894fddc2b79ea88e16fca3a523ca5ad058c83efbb0c1b52550ccd56b8decf6c5b484aea49f3e340a1b496d4f2fd342004e758ff635493bea379fae22d6
Homepage: https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files
Description-en: Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
This package contains updated system processor microcode for
Intel i686 and Intel X86-64 processors. Intel releases microcode
updates to correct processor behavior as documented in the
respective processor specification updates.
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For AMD processors, please refer to the amd64-microcode package.
Description-md5: 3edb9824276886579313f0e847f6bb14