How to Install and Uninstall grub2-common Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "grub2-common" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install grub2-common on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "grub2-common" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall grub2-common on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub2-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub2-common package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: grub2-common
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.12~rc1-10ubuntu4
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: 1384
Depends: grub-common (= 2.12~rc1-10ubuntu4), dpkg (>= 1.15.4), libc6 (>= 2.38), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.36), libefiboot1 (>= 37), libefivar1 (>= 37), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614)
Conflicts: grub-legacy
Breaks: grub (<< 0.97-54), grub-cloud-amd64 (<< 0.0.4), grub-coreboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-ieee1275 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-pc (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-uboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-xen (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-yeeloong (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), shim (<< 0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-0ubuntu1~)
Replaces: grub, grub-cloud-amd64 (<< 0.0.4), grub-common (<< 1.99-1), grub-coreboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-efi-amd64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-arm64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia32 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-efi-ia64 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-ieee1275 (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-legacy, grub-legacy-doc (<< 0.97-29ubuntu60), grub-pc (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-uboot (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-xen (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7), grub-yeeloong (<< 2.02+dfsg1-7)
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub2-common_2.12~rc1-10ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 665796
MD5sum: 7d2b53cd750bb9092498f3e5c58f32b0
SHA1: 6738ee6d14947db7d39e62e6c92a859d062ac52c
SHA256: 708cdb52a8210976565bcc5ad0c28c44a61a94acb7e43041aa00ccce129fb141
SHA512: 5d73aebea852518770e827dbf8617dc48fae791e99ea39b7817b0668a362bdd157ee57242562b05e2fb72f7838425d1a5c22c4589ec34f6919e6dcc15c793de2
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2)
Description-md5: a969e6536e745e177a340b30bdb5ba3f
Task: ubuntu-live, kubuntu-live, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live, ubuntu-unity-live, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntucinnamon-live