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< 		# Removing depends
< 		Remove_packages
---
> 		# Removing depends, some bootloader packages are marked as Protected/Important
> 		# in Ubuntu, so temporarily add an apt flag to allow them to be removed
> 		PRE_APT_OPTIONS="${APT_OPTIONS}"
> 		APT_OPTIONS="${APT_OPTIONS} --allow-remove-essential"
> 		Remove_packages
> 		APT_OPTIONS="${PRE_APT_OPTIONS}"