How To Install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 is SYSLINUX modules in /var/lib/tftpboot, available for network

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64`

All the SYSLINUX/PXELINUX modules directly available for network booting in the /var/lib/tftpboot directory.

We can use yum to install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64.

Install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64

How To Uninstall syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64

syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/var/lib/tftpboot
/var/lib/tftpboot/cat.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/chain.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/cmd.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/config.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/cpuid.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/cpuidtest.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/disk.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/dmitest.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/elf.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/ethersel.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/gfxboot.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/gpxecmd.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/gpxelinux.0
/var/lib/tftpboot/hdt.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/host.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/ifcpu.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/ifcpu64.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/ifplop.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/int18.com
/var/lib/tftpboot/kbdmap.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/linux.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/ls.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/lua.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/mboot.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/memdisk
/var/lib/tftpboot/memdump.com
/var/lib/tftpboot/meminfo.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/menu.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/pcitest.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/pmload.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/poweroff.com
/var/lib/tftpboot/pwd.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/pxechain.com
/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.0
/var/lib/tftpboot/reboot.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/rosh.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/sanboot.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/sdi.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/sysdump.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/ver.com
/var/lib/tftpboot/vesainfo.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/vesamenu.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/vpdtest.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/whichsys.c32
/var/lib/tftpboot/zzjson.c32

References

syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.