How To Install microcode.ctl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcode.ctl on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is microcode.ctl
microcode.ctl is:
This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new version of intel-microcode and to iucode-tool, which superseded microcode.ctl.
This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.
There are three methods to install microcode.ctl on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install microcode.ctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install microcode.ctl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install microcode.ctl
Install microcode.ctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install microcode.ctl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install microcode.ctl
Install microcode.ctl 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 microcode.ctl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install microcode.ctl
How To Uninstall microcode.ctl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the microcode.ctl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove microcode.ctl
Uninstall microcode.ctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall microcode.ctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove microcode.ctl
Remove microcode.ctl Configurations and Data
To remove microcode.ctl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge microcode.ctl
Remove microcode.ctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove microcode.ctl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge microcode.ctl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcode.ctl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
