How to Install and Uninstall os-prober Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "os-prober" package

Please follow the steps below to install os-prober on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                os-prober
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "os-prober" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall os-prober on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: os-prober
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.79ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 112
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), grub-common, mount
Filename: pool/main/o/os-prober/os-prober_1.79ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 19292
MD5sum: 1503b5f3d706a78b385965cbdce3a19a
SHA1: 7738734fe8b55801682d628c203c3d4b4c01cb31
SHA256: c091507d55db78c249e8b5eb931655d862fdd2d00125dddec568140430a25b42
SHA512: 99d9ce8ba2645cb51f6cd722f6e87b0dd83d9073855382398b584f45949dad3b024efe99dec901ae1d938f5112974c7802c931de6c6b1cfa30c5d75bb5c85e5b
Description-en: utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
This package detects other OSes available on a system and outputs the
results in a generic machine-readable format.
Description-md5: fdd4c0b3d1ed11dca7af85ad71167f5a
Task: ubuntu-live, kubuntu-live, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live