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How do I find the version of GRUB that is running in a particular version of Ubuntu? I want a terminal command that tells me.










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      How do I find the version of GRUB that is running in a particular version of Ubuntu? I want a terminal command that tells me.







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          For me the above answer given by @Daniel does not work. I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (this also works with Ubuntu 17.10) and to check the version of Grub (Grub2) I need to type:



          grub-install --version


          check grub2 version






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            Correct they seemed to have changed it with some newer version. Just like in apt where apt-get update -f won't work anymore and you'll have to use the explicit apt-get update --fix-missing

            – Daniel W.
            Nov 3 '14 at 15:21











          • works with 16.04 LTS as well :)

            – sarthak-sopho
            Oct 16 '18 at 13:17



















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          On clean ubuntu installs the grub package itself doesn't seem to be installed. Thus typing 'grub -anyoption' results in an error that says grub is not installed.
          However you can type for example



          grub-install -v


          And it will give you the correct version of grub currently installed



          enter image description here

          The version of the Grub is 1.99-21ubuntu3



          EDIT: As others have pointed out the commandline flags have been changed in newer versions. So now instead of typing grub-install -v you'd have to use a capital 'V' or the explicit --version






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            I find it more friendly this way. Also grub-probe -V works.

            – Luis Alvarado
            Feb 25 '12 at 1:14






          • 1





            basicly everything in your /usr/bin folder that starts with 'grub' does the job

            – Daniel W.
            Feb 25 '12 at 1:22






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            Uppercase -V, not lowercase.

            – Sopalajo de Arrierez
            Nov 3 '14 at 4:43











          • Ahh thanks for the hint! They must have changed it with a newer version..I'll edit it in the post

            – Daniel W.
            Nov 3 '14 at 15:22



















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          This will roughly do the job:



          dpkg -l | grep grub | grep ii


          You should note that just to confuse things that the version 1.9x is known as Grub2. I think they number it in a similar way that people would call the 1600-1699, the 17th century.






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            I find it weird that there is no command for it. like a grub command that grub -v and done. Thanks again Oli you rock ^^.

            – Luis Alvarado
            Feb 25 '12 at 1:02











          • I think that v1.9 is supposed to be "pre-Grub2" - i.e., an almost ready version. Yet, you'd think that 2.0.x RC# would have been better naming for them...

            – Mei
            Feb 25 '12 at 2:30






          • 1





            The thing is--the grub you may be using to boot may not be installed from the Ubuntu system you are currently running. Therefore I prefer the other answer.

            – John S Gruber
            Oct 7 '12 at 17:52





















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          The package name is grub-pc, so you can do this:



          dpkg -l grub-pc


          which will show you something like this:



          Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
          | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
          |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
          ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
          +++-========================================-=========================-=========================-=====================================================================================
          ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.7 amd64 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)





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            It can be also found out with either of these:



            grub-probe --version 
            grub-probe -V





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              I'll throw my hat into the ring as well. You can also do it with apt-cache policy grub-pc



              :~$ apt-cache policy grub-pc
              grub-pc:
              Installed: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
              Candidate: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
              Version table:
              *** 2.02-2ubuntu8.7 500
              500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
              100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
              2.02-2ubuntu8 500
              500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages





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                For me the above answer given by @Daniel does not work. I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (this also works with Ubuntu 17.10) and to check the version of Grub (Grub2) I need to type:



                grub-install --version


                check grub2 version






                share|improve this answer





















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                  Correct they seemed to have changed it with some newer version. Just like in apt where apt-get update -f won't work anymore and you'll have to use the explicit apt-get update --fix-missing

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:21











                • works with 16.04 LTS as well :)

                  – sarthak-sopho
                  Oct 16 '18 at 13:17
















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                For me the above answer given by @Daniel does not work. I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (this also works with Ubuntu 17.10) and to check the version of Grub (Grub2) I need to type:



                grub-install --version


                check grub2 version






                share|improve this answer





















                • 1





                  Correct they seemed to have changed it with some newer version. Just like in apt where apt-get update -f won't work anymore and you'll have to use the explicit apt-get update --fix-missing

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:21











                • works with 16.04 LTS as well :)

                  – sarthak-sopho
                  Oct 16 '18 at 13:17














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                For me the above answer given by @Daniel does not work. I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (this also works with Ubuntu 17.10) and to check the version of Grub (Grub2) I need to type:



                grub-install --version


                check grub2 version






                share|improve this answer















                For me the above answer given by @Daniel does not work. I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (this also works with Ubuntu 17.10) and to check the version of Grub (Grub2) I need to type:



                grub-install --version


                check grub2 version







                share|improve this answer














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                  Correct they seemed to have changed it with some newer version. Just like in apt where apt-get update -f won't work anymore and you'll have to use the explicit apt-get update --fix-missing

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:21











                • works with 16.04 LTS as well :)

                  – sarthak-sopho
                  Oct 16 '18 at 13:17














                • 1





                  Correct they seemed to have changed it with some newer version. Just like in apt where apt-get update -f won't work anymore and you'll have to use the explicit apt-get update --fix-missing

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:21











                • works with 16.04 LTS as well :)

                  – sarthak-sopho
                  Oct 16 '18 at 13:17








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                Correct they seemed to have changed it with some newer version. Just like in apt where apt-get update -f won't work anymore and you'll have to use the explicit apt-get update --fix-missing

                – Daniel W.
                Nov 3 '14 at 15:21





                Correct they seemed to have changed it with some newer version. Just like in apt where apt-get update -f won't work anymore and you'll have to use the explicit apt-get update --fix-missing

                – Daniel W.
                Nov 3 '14 at 15:21













                works with 16.04 LTS as well :)

                – sarthak-sopho
                Oct 16 '18 at 13:17





                works with 16.04 LTS as well :)

                – sarthak-sopho
                Oct 16 '18 at 13:17













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                On clean ubuntu installs the grub package itself doesn't seem to be installed. Thus typing 'grub -anyoption' results in an error that says grub is not installed.
                However you can type for example



                grub-install -v


                And it will give you the correct version of grub currently installed



                enter image description here

                The version of the Grub is 1.99-21ubuntu3



                EDIT: As others have pointed out the commandline flags have been changed in newer versions. So now instead of typing grub-install -v you'd have to use a capital 'V' or the explicit --version






                share|improve this answer





















                • 2





                  I find it more friendly this way. Also grub-probe -V works.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:14






                • 1





                  basicly everything in your /usr/bin folder that starts with 'grub' does the job

                  – Daniel W.
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:22






                • 1





                  Uppercase -V, not lowercase.

                  – Sopalajo de Arrierez
                  Nov 3 '14 at 4:43











                • Ahh thanks for the hint! They must have changed it with a newer version..I'll edit it in the post

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:22
















                18














                On clean ubuntu installs the grub package itself doesn't seem to be installed. Thus typing 'grub -anyoption' results in an error that says grub is not installed.
                However you can type for example



                grub-install -v


                And it will give you the correct version of grub currently installed



                enter image description here

                The version of the Grub is 1.99-21ubuntu3



                EDIT: As others have pointed out the commandline flags have been changed in newer versions. So now instead of typing grub-install -v you'd have to use a capital 'V' or the explicit --version






                share|improve this answer





















                • 2





                  I find it more friendly this way. Also grub-probe -V works.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:14






                • 1





                  basicly everything in your /usr/bin folder that starts with 'grub' does the job

                  – Daniel W.
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:22






                • 1





                  Uppercase -V, not lowercase.

                  – Sopalajo de Arrierez
                  Nov 3 '14 at 4:43











                • Ahh thanks for the hint! They must have changed it with a newer version..I'll edit it in the post

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:22














                18












                18








                18







                On clean ubuntu installs the grub package itself doesn't seem to be installed. Thus typing 'grub -anyoption' results in an error that says grub is not installed.
                However you can type for example



                grub-install -v


                And it will give you the correct version of grub currently installed



                enter image description here

                The version of the Grub is 1.99-21ubuntu3



                EDIT: As others have pointed out the commandline flags have been changed in newer versions. So now instead of typing grub-install -v you'd have to use a capital 'V' or the explicit --version






                share|improve this answer















                On clean ubuntu installs the grub package itself doesn't seem to be installed. Thus typing 'grub -anyoption' results in an error that says grub is not installed.
                However you can type for example



                grub-install -v


                And it will give you the correct version of grub currently installed



                enter image description here

                The version of the Grub is 1.99-21ubuntu3



                EDIT: As others have pointed out the commandline flags have been changed in newer versions. So now instead of typing grub-install -v you'd have to use a capital 'V' or the explicit --version







                share|improve this answer














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                • 2





                  I find it more friendly this way. Also grub-probe -V works.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:14






                • 1





                  basicly everything in your /usr/bin folder that starts with 'grub' does the job

                  – Daniel W.
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:22






                • 1





                  Uppercase -V, not lowercase.

                  – Sopalajo de Arrierez
                  Nov 3 '14 at 4:43











                • Ahh thanks for the hint! They must have changed it with a newer version..I'll edit it in the post

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:22














                • 2





                  I find it more friendly this way. Also grub-probe -V works.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:14






                • 1





                  basicly everything in your /usr/bin folder that starts with 'grub' does the job

                  – Daniel W.
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:22






                • 1





                  Uppercase -V, not lowercase.

                  – Sopalajo de Arrierez
                  Nov 3 '14 at 4:43











                • Ahh thanks for the hint! They must have changed it with a newer version..I'll edit it in the post

                  – Daniel W.
                  Nov 3 '14 at 15:22








                2




                2





                I find it more friendly this way. Also grub-probe -V works.

                – Luis Alvarado
                Feb 25 '12 at 1:14





                I find it more friendly this way. Also grub-probe -V works.

                – Luis Alvarado
                Feb 25 '12 at 1:14




                1




                1





                basicly everything in your /usr/bin folder that starts with 'grub' does the job

                – Daniel W.
                Feb 25 '12 at 1:22





                basicly everything in your /usr/bin folder that starts with 'grub' does the job

                – Daniel W.
                Feb 25 '12 at 1:22




                1




                1





                Uppercase -V, not lowercase.

                – Sopalajo de Arrierez
                Nov 3 '14 at 4:43





                Uppercase -V, not lowercase.

                – Sopalajo de Arrierez
                Nov 3 '14 at 4:43













                Ahh thanks for the hint! They must have changed it with a newer version..I'll edit it in the post

                – Daniel W.
                Nov 3 '14 at 15:22





                Ahh thanks for the hint! They must have changed it with a newer version..I'll edit it in the post

                – Daniel W.
                Nov 3 '14 at 15:22











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                This will roughly do the job:



                dpkg -l | grep grub | grep ii


                You should note that just to confuse things that the version 1.9x is known as Grub2. I think they number it in a similar way that people would call the 1600-1699, the 17th century.






                share|improve this answer



















                • 1





                  I find it weird that there is no command for it. like a grub command that grub -v and done. Thanks again Oli you rock ^^.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:02











                • I think that v1.9 is supposed to be "pre-Grub2" - i.e., an almost ready version. Yet, you'd think that 2.0.x RC# would have been better naming for them...

                  – Mei
                  Feb 25 '12 at 2:30






                • 1





                  The thing is--the grub you may be using to boot may not be installed from the Ubuntu system you are currently running. Therefore I prefer the other answer.

                  – John S Gruber
                  Oct 7 '12 at 17:52


















                5














                This will roughly do the job:



                dpkg -l | grep grub | grep ii


                You should note that just to confuse things that the version 1.9x is known as Grub2. I think they number it in a similar way that people would call the 1600-1699, the 17th century.






                share|improve this answer



















                • 1





                  I find it weird that there is no command for it. like a grub command that grub -v and done. Thanks again Oli you rock ^^.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:02











                • I think that v1.9 is supposed to be "pre-Grub2" - i.e., an almost ready version. Yet, you'd think that 2.0.x RC# would have been better naming for them...

                  – Mei
                  Feb 25 '12 at 2:30






                • 1





                  The thing is--the grub you may be using to boot may not be installed from the Ubuntu system you are currently running. Therefore I prefer the other answer.

                  – John S Gruber
                  Oct 7 '12 at 17:52
















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                This will roughly do the job:



                dpkg -l | grep grub | grep ii


                You should note that just to confuse things that the version 1.9x is known as Grub2. I think they number it in a similar way that people would call the 1600-1699, the 17th century.






                share|improve this answer













                This will roughly do the job:



                dpkg -l | grep grub | grep ii


                You should note that just to confuse things that the version 1.9x is known as Grub2. I think they number it in a similar way that people would call the 1600-1699, the 17th century.







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                  I find it weird that there is no command for it. like a grub command that grub -v and done. Thanks again Oli you rock ^^.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:02











                • I think that v1.9 is supposed to be "pre-Grub2" - i.e., an almost ready version. Yet, you'd think that 2.0.x RC# would have been better naming for them...

                  – Mei
                  Feb 25 '12 at 2:30






                • 1





                  The thing is--the grub you may be using to boot may not be installed from the Ubuntu system you are currently running. Therefore I prefer the other answer.

                  – John S Gruber
                  Oct 7 '12 at 17:52
















                • 1





                  I find it weird that there is no command for it. like a grub command that grub -v and done. Thanks again Oli you rock ^^.

                  – Luis Alvarado
                  Feb 25 '12 at 1:02











                • I think that v1.9 is supposed to be "pre-Grub2" - i.e., an almost ready version. Yet, you'd think that 2.0.x RC# would have been better naming for them...

                  – Mei
                  Feb 25 '12 at 2:30






                • 1





                  The thing is--the grub you may be using to boot may not be installed from the Ubuntu system you are currently running. Therefore I prefer the other answer.

                  – John S Gruber
                  Oct 7 '12 at 17:52










                1




                1





                I find it weird that there is no command for it. like a grub command that grub -v and done. Thanks again Oli you rock ^^.

                – Luis Alvarado
                Feb 25 '12 at 1:02





                I find it weird that there is no command for it. like a grub command that grub -v and done. Thanks again Oli you rock ^^.

                – Luis Alvarado
                Feb 25 '12 at 1:02













                I think that v1.9 is supposed to be "pre-Grub2" - i.e., an almost ready version. Yet, you'd think that 2.0.x RC# would have been better naming for them...

                – Mei
                Feb 25 '12 at 2:30





                I think that v1.9 is supposed to be "pre-Grub2" - i.e., an almost ready version. Yet, you'd think that 2.0.x RC# would have been better naming for them...

                – Mei
                Feb 25 '12 at 2:30




                1




                1





                The thing is--the grub you may be using to boot may not be installed from the Ubuntu system you are currently running. Therefore I prefer the other answer.

                – John S Gruber
                Oct 7 '12 at 17:52







                The thing is--the grub you may be using to boot may not be installed from the Ubuntu system you are currently running. Therefore I prefer the other answer.

                – John S Gruber
                Oct 7 '12 at 17:52













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                The package name is grub-pc, so you can do this:



                dpkg -l grub-pc


                which will show you something like this:



                Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
                | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
                |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
                ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
                +++-========================================-=========================-=========================-=====================================================================================
                ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.7 amd64 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)





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                  The package name is grub-pc, so you can do this:



                  dpkg -l grub-pc


                  which will show you something like this:



                  Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
                  | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
                  |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
                  ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
                  +++-========================================-=========================-=========================-=====================================================================================
                  ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.7 amd64 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)





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                    The package name is grub-pc, so you can do this:



                    dpkg -l grub-pc


                    which will show you something like this:



                    Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
                    | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
                    |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
                    ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
                    +++-========================================-=========================-=========================-=====================================================================================
                    ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.7 amd64 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)





                    share|improve this answer













                    The package name is grub-pc, so you can do this:



                    dpkg -l grub-pc


                    which will show you something like this:



                    Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
                    | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
                    |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
                    ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
                    +++-========================================-=========================-=========================-=====================================================================================
                    ii grub-pc 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.7 amd64 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)






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                        It can be also found out with either of these:



                        grub-probe --version 
                        grub-probe -V





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                          It can be also found out with either of these:



                          grub-probe --version 
                          grub-probe -V





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                            It can be also found out with either of these:



                            grub-probe --version 
                            grub-probe -V





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                            It can be also found out with either of these:



                            grub-probe --version 
                            grub-probe -V






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                                I'll throw my hat into the ring as well. You can also do it with apt-cache policy grub-pc



                                :~$ apt-cache policy grub-pc
                                grub-pc:
                                Installed: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                Candidate: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                Version table:
                                *** 2.02-2ubuntu8.7 500
                                500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
                                100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
                                2.02-2ubuntu8 500
                                500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages





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                                  I'll throw my hat into the ring as well. You can also do it with apt-cache policy grub-pc



                                  :~$ apt-cache policy grub-pc
                                  grub-pc:
                                  Installed: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                  Candidate: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                  Version table:
                                  *** 2.02-2ubuntu8.7 500
                                  500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
                                  100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
                                  2.02-2ubuntu8 500
                                  500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages





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                                    I'll throw my hat into the ring as well. You can also do it with apt-cache policy grub-pc



                                    :~$ apt-cache policy grub-pc
                                    grub-pc:
                                    Installed: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                    Candidate: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                    Version table:
                                    *** 2.02-2ubuntu8.7 500
                                    500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
                                    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
                                    2.02-2ubuntu8 500
                                    500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages





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                                    I'll throw my hat into the ring as well. You can also do it with apt-cache policy grub-pc



                                    :~$ apt-cache policy grub-pc
                                    grub-pc:
                                    Installed: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                    Candidate: 2.02-2ubuntu8.7
                                    Version table:
                                    *** 2.02-2ubuntu8.7 500
                                    500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
                                    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
                                    2.02-2ubuntu8 500
                                    500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages






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