How To Install bootcd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bootcd on Debian 12.
What is bootcd
bootcd is:
Different boot configuration are supportet (efi, old bios, secure boot). bootcdwrite creates an ISO life-cd file called bootcd using an overlayfs. bootcdflopcp writes changes from overlayfs to floppy disk, when running from bootcd. bootcd2disk writes bootable disks (with or without lvm, ext2, ext3, ext4, vfat, swap).
There are three methods to install bootcd on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bootcd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bootcd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bootcd
Install bootcd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bootcd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bootcd
Install bootcd 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 bootcd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bootcd
How To Uninstall bootcd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bootcd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bootcd
Uninstall bootcd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bootcd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bootcd
Remove bootcd Configurations and Data
To remove bootcd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bootcd
Remove bootcd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bootcd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bootcd
Dependencies
bootcd have the following dependencies:
- busybox
- cpio
- dosfstools
- e2fsprogs
- fdisk
- file
- genisoimage
- initramfs-tools
- grub-efi-amd64-bin
- isolinux
- lsb-base
- rsync
- shellia
- syslinux
- syslinux-common
- xorriso
- uuid-runtime
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bootcd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.