How To Install isolinux on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 isolinux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isolinux

How To Uninstall isolinux on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isolinux

Remove isolinux Configurations and Data

To remove isolinux configuration and data from Kali Linux 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

• isolinux website

Summary

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