How To Install intel-microcode on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-microcode on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is intel-microcode
intel-microcode is:
This package contains updated system processor microcode for Intel i686 and Intel X86-64 processors. Intel releases microcode updates to correct processor behavior as documented in the respective processor specification updates.
For AMD processors, please refer to the amd64-microcode package.
There are three methods to install intel-microcode on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install intel-microcode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-microcode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install intel-microcode
Install intel-microcode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-microcode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install intel-microcode
Install intel-microcode 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 intel-microcode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install intel-microcode
How To Uninstall intel-microcode on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the intel-microcode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove intel-microcode
Uninstall intel-microcode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall intel-microcode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove intel-microcode
Remove intel-microcode Configurations and Data
To remove intel-microcode configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge intel-microcode
Remove intel-microcode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove intel-microcode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intel-microcode
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-microcode package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
