How to clean uninstall Grub2

[Kirkx]

Update: I have deleted all left over files and directories mentioned in my previous post and Xubuntu booted and worked just fine without them. However, during the subsequent kernel upgrade all of them were reinstalled, so there is really no point going this route. It seems that either apt-get or the kernel itself is designed with Grub2 in mind. I have tested the following procedure with Xubuntu v14.04.1 but the results will likely be the same with LL.

During the kernel upgrade (to v3.13.0-39) the installer initially insists on re-installing all the packages removed as described in my previous post, but don't worry:

Code:

sudo apt-get -y install  linux-headers-3.13.0-39  linux-headers-3.13.0-39-generic  linux-image-3.13.0-39-generic  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-39-generic

During the process the following window pops-up:



At this point you need to tab to OK (make sure that you do not hit the spacebar by mistake because this would select the disk or partition for Grub2 installation). At the next window click YES (Continue without installing Grub):



And that's it. The message "update/generate grub configuration file" will not show any more.