How To Install extlinux on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install extlinux on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove extlinux

Remove extlinux Configurations and Data

To remove extlinux configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• extlinux website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install extlinux package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.