Bug#1131281: grub-common: Cannot uninstall grub-common with apt
Felix Zielcke
fzielcke at z-51.de
Thu Mar 19 16:56:04 GMT 2026
Am Donnerstag, dem 19.03.2026 um 17:33 +0100 schrieb Thierz:
> 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
>
You seem to still have grub-efi-amd64-signed installed.
You need to remove that also if you want to completely remove GRUB.
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