How to Install and Uninstall grub-common Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the grub-common on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "grub-common" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install grub-common on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "grub-common" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall grub-common on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: grub-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.06-2ubuntu7.2
Built-Using: lzo2 (= 2.10-2build3)
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: 13836
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), 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, mtools, 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_2.06-2ubuntu7.2_amd64.deb
Size: 2214076
MD5sum: bf2b90afa98cbf002df20fd2a18a959f
SHA1: 2e513bb2772b41bd98de519398a2eec4a423c7b2
SHA256: 5fd12ab56ec05a396095089778c5cef1885f59d87df4bc4a64aea4c0f13a3ea0
SHA512: 025f6b53cd1b623cdc15a7f45e3a7593f7ad07f1e8ea1fc1434601420e77d49a0c085992742a7623821d6b85595822a6424d5bceb76ba6c1c898b525f59d1cde
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
Description-md5: 9c75036dc0a0792fedbc58df208ed227
Task: ubuntu-live, kubuntu-live, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live

Package: grub-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.06-2ubuntu7
Built-Using: lzo2 (= 2.10-2build3)
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: 13836
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), 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, mtools, 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_2.06-2ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 2214202
MD5sum: 163cde9d9eb55859a2a05c2326f7b23f
SHA1: a3951cef30b144c1bfdfbdd414e7d556254fafd1
SHA256: c2993190c929ad9c01c2641f7c7615f4efd9a236909bbec5b72ecc6b1c38cd77
SHA512: f4c0abfee1977408b63303d8d444e367af6f0b06829ffdcd5023c636cf1e2a5094b943823cc00f55f0dfddfdbb1638b13c5cf3fe55e5a1b2f61f5d72a8d964ca
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
Description-md5: 9c75036dc0a0792fedbc58df208ed227
Task: ubuntu-live, kubuntu-live, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live