How To Install grub-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-common on Ubuntu.
What is grub-common
grub-common is:
This package contains common files shared by the distinct flavours of GRUB. It is shared between GRUB Legacy and GRUB 2, although a number of files specific to GRUB 2 are here as long as they do not break GRUB Legacy.
grub-mkrescue needs the suggested packages mtools (for UEFI targets) and xorriso.
There are three methods to install grub-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grub-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-common
Install grub-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-common
Install grub-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-common
How To Uninstall grub-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the grub-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-common
Uninstall grub-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-common
Remove grub-common Configurations and Data
To remove grub-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-common
Remove grub-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-common
Dependencies
grub-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.