How to Install and Uninstall grub Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "grub" package

Please follow the steps below to install grub on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall grub on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grub
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grub package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: grub
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 787
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team
Original-Maintainer: Grub Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.97-29ubuntu68
Provides: linux-boot-loader
Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.15), grub-common, udev (>= 117-5), ucf (>= 3.004-0ubuntu2), debconf (>= 1.5.19) | cdebconf, util-linux (>= 2.15-1)
Suggests: grub-legacy-doc, mdadm
Conflicts: grub-coreboot, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-ia32, grub-ieee1275, grub-pc
Filename: pool/main/g/grub/grub_0.97-29ubuntu68_amd64.deb
Size: 196084
MD5sum: 8d81686b97d257c8936cf7cd5150289b
SHA1: ba0357e9740758f4bd64eb335403ad598d113953
SHA256: 23b598f59e69c317edd732c75b6e2e9322fa8273e14f8fd2065668eae5490a21
Description-en: GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
GRUB is a GPLed bootloader intended to unify bootloading across x86
operating systems. In addition to loading the Linux kernel,
it implements the Multiboot standard, which allows for flexible loading
of multiple boot images (needed for modular kernels such as the GNU Hurd).
Description-md5: b4c258376515bf0b4c56cbfd21b52dc5
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y