How to Install and Uninstall grub-common Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "grub-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to install grub-common on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall grub-common on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


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

Package: grub-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.12~rc1-10ubuntu4
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: 12520
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), 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), python3
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_2.12~rc1-10ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 2110078
MD5sum: e14c0bbc48dfba760002cff6f9abdf69
SHA1: 587b75d5e9d931f7f4e5cb2629e6922815dcc20e
SHA256: ec3f5aa343084367d2d9bf5e722eade7bd1f16d7817cd8a0ae3c4c437d8cc453
SHA512: c164998edb295f9eeb71dcda1f513f339b3594c055f9e29a4cba9e4c36a77e89796fb3e16d38e5c6c86eb6092da5d724776c3fcb98c6c16eeba08deb924a1dd8
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files)
Description-md5: 9c75036dc0a0792fedbc58df208ed227
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi