How To Install syslinux-extlinux on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux in Fedora 36. syslinux-extlinux is The EXTLINUX bootloader, for booting the local system.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux on Fedora 36.

What is `syslinux-extlinux`

The EXTLINUX bootloader, for booting the local system, as well as all the SYSLINUX/PXELINUX modules in /boot.

We can use yum or dnf to install syslinux-extlinux on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux-extlinux.

Install syslinux-extlinux on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install syslinux-extlinux

Install syslinux-extlinux on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install syslinux-extlinux

How To Uninstall syslinux-extlinux on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove syslinux-extlinux

syslinux-extlinux Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/extlinux.conf
/sbin/extlinux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/17033b5213bd5c04a72ff38e4c580ead46c12b
/usr/share/man/man1/extlinux.1.gz

References

syslinux-extlinux website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).