How To Install di-netboot-assistant on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install di-netboot-assistant on Debian 12.
What is di-netboot-assistant
di-netboot-assistant is:
di-netboot-assistant is a tool to simplify the preparation of files for TFTP net booting. It downloads and extracts the files needed and takes care of organizing them. The packaged netboot installer as well as Debian Live ISO images are supported too. di-netboot-assistant prepares a top level menu for PXElinux and grub-efi. This allows one to choose from all installed netboot and Debian Live images at boot time.
di-netboot-assistant supports preseeding the installer in order to set up systems completely automatically.
Install grub-efi-amd64-bin to build EFI boot images, and for secure boot support install grub-efi-amd64-signed and shim-signed.
There are three methods to install di-netboot-assistant 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 di-netboot-assistant Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install di-netboot-assistant using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install di-netboot-assistant
Install di-netboot-assistant Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install di-netboot-assistant using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install di-netboot-assistant
Install di-netboot-assistant 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 di-netboot-assistant using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install di-netboot-assistant
How To Uninstall di-netboot-assistant on Debian 12
To uninstall only the di-netboot-assistant package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove di-netboot-assistant
Uninstall di-netboot-assistant And Its Dependencies
To uninstall di-netboot-assistant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove di-netboot-assistant
Remove di-netboot-assistant Configurations and Data
To remove di-netboot-assistant configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge di-netboot-assistant
Remove di-netboot-assistant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove di-netboot-assistant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge di-netboot-assistant
Dependencies
di-netboot-assistant have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install di-netboot-assistant package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
