How to Install and Uninstall iucode-tool Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "iucode-tool" package

This tutorial shows how to install iucode-tool on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iucode-tool
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "iucode-tool" package

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


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iucode-tool
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the iucode-tool package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: iucode-tool
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.1-1build1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 102
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: intel-microcode (>= 1)
Filename: pool/main/i/iucode-tool/iucode-tool_2.3.1-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 46910
MD5sum: a320c6274442dd54012c388189657067
SHA1: afd44adb70b3ade01df1cd31a62a26f9aa02f2e1
SHA256: 9141fc63639f19fe606f75de2bf42f1109c7e9e29abed1b8e3b6b4b95d2dd9d1
SHA512: d380d8fa74411f3245c962f40bdee54472332c70a6e8e215f90f3ccece1773ac283566eb2b2bb1057ee27dd882dde44b4a1f7f7fa77b93f036e8d0ee82b41c84
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/iucode-tool
Description-en: Intel processor microcode tool
iucode_tool is a program to manipulate Intel® X86 and X86-64 processor
microcode collections, and to use the kernel facilities to upgrade the
microcode on Intel system processors.
.
It can load microcode data files in text and binary format, sort, list and
filter the microcodes contained in these files, write selected microcodes to a
new file in binary format, or upload them to the kernel.
.
It operates on non-free microcode data downloaded directly from Intel or
installed by the intel-microcode package.
Description-md5: 85b8e9a4d04e1dafc3c5baa7e46a23a4