How to Install and Uninstall amd64-microcode Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "amd64-microcode" package

This guide let you learn how to install amd64-microcode on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                amd64-microcode
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "amd64-microcode" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall amd64-microcode on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                amd64-microcode
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the amd64-microcode package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: amd64-microcode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20230808.1.1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 275
Recommends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.113~) | dracut (>= 044) | tiny-initramfs
Breaks: intel-microcode (<< 2), linux-firmware (<< 20220819.git8413c63c-0ubuntu1~)
Replaces: linux-firmware (<< 20220819.git8413c63c-0ubuntu1~)
Filename: pool/main/a/amd64-microcode/amd64-microcode_3.20230808.1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 145772
MD5sum: a491223bf4b243aebb078336649aa2e1
SHA1: d3110dbf3e8a492bc5b743be8e95c2392763f7e0
SHA256: 62da13d546d62b88790dbe878d0620c29414df6ece033309f5624d83710a34a3
SHA512: 76bc83cab8db0e51c97eb44802d14347958758cece63b9d9c9ea9cdba35ae075da2352d863cd801568ba2e32a4da5aada2dc0e9cd1d1bf8e1b9deaa14589ecb5
Description: Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
Description-md5: 23fa6bfa66f5bae20d70af0ec3052425
Task: cloud-minimal