Bug#1131281: grub-common: Cannot uninstall grub-common with apt
Thierz
alt.r3-19p0zst at yopmail.com
Thu Mar 19 16:33:19 GMT 2026
Package: grub-common
Version: 2.12-9+deb13u1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: alt.r3-19p0zst at yopmail.com
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
I tried to simply remove grub because I don't need it, I have an already working rEFInd intalled to load either Debian Trixie or Windows 10.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
I tried the command (as root):
# apt remove grub-common
* What was the outcome of this action?
Résolution des dépendances ... Erreur !
Certains paquets ne peuvent être installés. Cela peut signifier
que vous avez demandé l'impossible, ou bien, si vous utilisez
la distribution unstable, que certains paquets n'ont pas encore
été créés ou ne sont pas sortis d'Incoming.
L'information suivante devrait vous aider à résoudre la situation :
Impossible de satisfaire les dépendances :
grub-efi-amd64-signed : Dépend: grub-common (= 2.12-9+deb13u1) mais ne sera pas installé
Erreur : Erreur, pkgProblem::Resolve a généré des ruptures, ce qui a pu être causé par les paquets devant être gardés en l'état.
Erreur : The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context:
Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:
1. grub-common:amd64 is selected for removal
2. grub-common:amd64 is selected for install because:
1. grub-efi-amd64-signed:amd64 is selected for install
2. grub-efi-amd64-signed:amd64 Dépend grub-common (= 2.12-9+deb13u1)
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I expected: grub-common removed
-- Package-specific info:
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/nvme0n1p5 / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /boot/efi vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/nvme0n1p6 /home ext4 rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/thibi/Big fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts
*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=fr_FR
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/desktop-base/ceratopsian-theme/grub/grub-4x3.png; then
set color_normal=white/black
set color_highlight=black/white
else
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c
echo 'Loading Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 root=UUID=ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c' {
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64-advanced-ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c
echo 'Loading Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 root=UUID=ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64-recovery-ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c
echo 'Loading Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 root=UUID=ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c ro single dis_ucode_ldr
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.12.73+deb13-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.12.73+deb13-amd64-advanced-ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c
echo 'Loading Linux 6.12.73+deb13-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.73+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.12.73+deb13-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.12.73+deb13-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-6.12.73+deb13-amd64-recovery-ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c
echo 'Loading Linux 6.12.73+deb13-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.73+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c ro single dis_ucode_ldr
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-6.12.73+deb13-amd64
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
insmod bli
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/nvme0n1p1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-efi-00E3-B2A2' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod fat
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 00E3-B2A2
chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
fwsetup --is-supported
if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
fwsetup
}
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg
*********************** BEGIN /proc/mdstat
cat: /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory
*********************** END /proc/mdstat
*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 18 17:35 ata-DRW-24D5MT_KLGL3O82629 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 18 18:35 ata-TOSHIBA_HDWD130_X0D1B33AS -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 18 18:35 ata-TOSHIBA_HDWD130_X0D1B33AS-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 18 18:35 ata-TOSHIBA_HDWD130_X0D1B33AS-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6 -> ../../nvme0n1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6-part6 -> ../../nvme0n1p6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6-part7 -> ../../nvme0n1p7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1 -> ../../nvme0n1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1-part6 -> ../../nvme0n1p6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-CT500P2SSD8_2041E4B67AC6_1-part7 -> ../../nvme0n1p7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001 -> ../../nvme0n1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001-part6 -> ../../nvme0n1p6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 nvme-nvme.c0a9-323034314534423637414336-4354353030503253534438-00000001-part7 -> ../../nvme0n1p7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 18 18:35 usb-Mass_Storage_Device_125D20140310-0:0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 18 18:35 wwn-0x5000039fc0c09e0a -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 18 18:35 wwn-0x5000039fc0c09e0a-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 18 18:35 wwn-0x5000039fc0c09e0a-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 18 17:35 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> ../../sr0
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-id
*********************** BEGIN /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 00E3-B2A2 -> ../../nvme0n1p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 1C4A57814A57569C -> ../../nvme0n1p4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 5304fe58-4af9-4cef-ac13-c45c1e4bdced -> ../../nvme0n1p7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 723CFD6C3CFD2BAB -> ../../nvme0n1p3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 18 18:35 984E58B04E5888C0 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 ca6766ec-c07a-48be-a7d3-24f7e1fa0b5c -> ../../nvme0n1p5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 18 18:35 f4419e2d-8877-49c6-b1b3-69f6304b5038 -> ../../nvme0n1p6
*********************** END /dev/disk/by-uuid
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages grub-common depends on:
ii gettext-base 0.23.1-2
ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u2
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.205-2
ii libefiboot1t64 38-3.1+b1
ii libefivar1t64 38-3.1+b1
ii libfreetype6 2.13.3+dfsg-1+deb13u1
ii libfuse3-4 3.17.2-3
ii liblzma5 5.8.1-1
Versions of packages grub-common recommends:
ii os-prober 1.83
Versions of packages grub-common suggests:
ii console-setup 1.242~deb13u1
ii desktop-base 13.0.4
pn grub-emu <none>
pn mtools <none>
pn multiboot-doc <none>
pn xorriso <none>
-- no debconf information
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