How To Install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8

syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux is The parts of the EXTLINUX bootloader which aren’t run from linux.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8.

What is syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux

All the EXTLINUX binaries that run from the firmware rather than from a linux host.

We can use yum or dnf to install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux.

Install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux

Install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux

How To Uninstall syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux

syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux Package Contents on CentOS 8

/boot/extlinux
/boot/extlinux/cat.c32
/boot/extlinux/chain.c32
/boot/extlinux/cmd.c32
/boot/extlinux/cmenu.c32
/boot/extlinux/config.c32
/boot/extlinux/cptime.c32
/boot/extlinux/cpu.c32
/boot/extlinux/cpuid.c32
/boot/extlinux/cpuidtest.c32
/boot/extlinux/debug.c32
/boot/extlinux/dhcp.c32
/boot/extlinux/dir.c32
/boot/extlinux/disk.c32
/boot/extlinux/dmi.c32
/boot/extlinux/dmitest.c32
/boot/extlinux/elf.c32
/boot/extlinux/ethersel.c32
/boot/extlinux/gfxboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/gpxecmd.c32
/boot/extlinux/hdt.c32
/boot/extlinux/hexdump.c32
/boot/extlinux/host.c32
/boot/extlinux/ifcpu.c32
/boot/extlinux/ifcpu64.c32
/boot/extlinux/ifmemdsk.c32
/boot/extlinux/ifplop.c32
/boot/extlinux/kbdmap.c32
/boot/extlinux/kontron_wdt.c32
/boot/extlinux/ldlinux.c32
/boot/extlinux/lfs.c32
/boot/extlinux/libcom32.c32
/boot/extlinux/libgpl.c32
/boot/extlinux/liblua.c32
/boot/extlinux/libmenu.c32
/boot/extlinux/libutil.c32
/boot/extlinux/linux.c32
/boot/extlinux/ls.c32
/boot/extlinux/lua.c32
/boot/extlinux/mboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/memdisk
/boot/extlinux/meminfo.c32
/boot/extlinux/menu.c32
/boot/extlinux/pci.c32
/boot/extlinux/pcitest.c32
/boot/extlinux/pmload.c32
/boot/extlinux/poweroff.c32
/boot/extlinux/prdhcp.c32
/boot/extlinux/pwd.c32
/boot/extlinux/pxechn.c32
/boot/extlinux/reboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/rosh.c32
/boot/extlinux/sanboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/sdi.c32
/boot/extlinux/sysdump.c32
/boot/extlinux/syslinux.c32
/boot/extlinux/vesa.c32
/boot/extlinux/vesainfo.c32
/boot/extlinux/vesamenu.c32
/boot/extlinux/vpdtest.c32
/boot/extlinux/whichsys.c32
/boot/extlinux/zzjson.c32

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.