How to Install and Uninstall intel-microcode Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "intel-microcode" package

Learn how to install intel-microcode on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall intel-microcode on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: intel-microcode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20220809.0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5830
Depends: iucode-tool (>= 1.0)
Recommends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.113~)
Conflicts: microcode.ctl (<< 0.18~0)
Filename: pool/main/i/intel-microcode/intel-microcode_3.20220809.0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4039122
MD5sum: e5603b4d28112c43a60bc59cbf8fdfd1
SHA1: b18fe8ff96413a7110c5528e48b71b4bec67797c
SHA256: 3317cb6caebc493ec4a7975027daf41beca4fb3cc1b06b4b1304c421c1fa21bb
SHA512: 50113b751e5831e59655cc50c1dd37a4cc78765d9be00ab19e7b480839589bd73478299f39d8b9396b00d64b4b4189fa3da094b606fdbecce2b428c0d53b513b
Homepage: https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files
Description: Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
Description-md5: 3edb9824276886579313f0e847f6bb14