How To Install extlinux on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install extlinux
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove extlinux
Remove extlinux Configurations and Data
To remove extlinux
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install extlinux
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.