How To Install di-netboot-assistant on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install di-netboot-assistant on Debian 9.
What is di-netboot-assistant
di-netboot-assistant is:
di-netboot-assistant is a tool to download and extract Debian-Installer netboot images. It’s especially useful if you want to download multiple netboot image, since it builds a top menu, so you can select the image at boot time (on amd64, i386 and ia64).
Currently, it supports amd64, i386, ia64, alpha, hppa and sparc clients.
syslinux and elilo are needed if you plan to use the “top menu”.
There are three methods to install di-netboot-assistant on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install di-netboot-assistant Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install di-netboot-assistant using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install di-netboot-assistant
Install di-netboot-assistant Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install di-netboot-assistant using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install di-netboot-assistant
Install di-netboot-assistant 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install di-netboot-assistant using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install di-netboot-assistant
How To Uninstall di-netboot-assistant on Debian 9
To uninstall only the di-netboot-assistant package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove di-netboot-assistant
Uninstall di-netboot-assistant And Its Dependencies
To uninstall di-netboot-assistant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove di-netboot-assistant
Remove di-netboot-assistant Configurations and Data
To remove di-netboot-assistant configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge di-netboot-assistant
Remove di-netboot-assistant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove di-netboot-assistant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge di-netboot-assistant
Dependencies
di-netboot-assistant have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install di-netboot-assistant package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
