How To Install extlinux on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install extlinux on Debian 11.
What is extlinux
extlinux is:
syslinux is a suite of bootloaders, currently supporting DOS FAT and NTFS filesystems (SYSLINUX), Linux ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, and xfs filesystems (EXTLINUX), PXE network boots (PXELINUX), or ISO 9660 CD-ROMs (ISOLINUX).
This package contains the bootloader for Linux ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, and xfs filesystems (EXTLINUX).
There are three methods to install extlinux on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install extlinux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install extlinux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install extlinux
Install extlinux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install extlinux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install extlinux
Install extlinux 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 extlinux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install extlinux
How To Uninstall extlinux on Debian 11
To uninstall only the extlinux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove extlinux
Uninstall extlinux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall extlinux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove extlinux
Remove extlinux Configurations and Data
To remove extlinux configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge extlinux
Remove extlinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove extlinux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge extlinux
Dependencies
extlinux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install extlinux package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
