How To Install isolinux on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install isolinux on Debian 9.
What is isolinux
isolinux 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 ISO 9660 CD-ROMs (ISOLINUX).
There are three methods to install isolinux on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install isolinux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install isolinux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install isolinux
Install isolinux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install isolinux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install isolinux
Install isolinux 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 isolinux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install isolinux
How To Uninstall isolinux on Debian 9
To uninstall only the isolinux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove isolinux
Uninstall isolinux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall isolinux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove isolinux
Remove isolinux Configurations and Data
To remove isolinux configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge isolinux
Remove isolinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove isolinux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isolinux
Dependencies
isolinux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install isolinux package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.