How To Install lilo on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilo on Debian 9.
What is lilo
lilo is:
You can use LILO to manage your Master Boot Record (with a simple text screen, text menu or colorful splash graphics) or call LILO from other Boot-Loaders to jump-start the Linux kernel.
This package contains lilo (the installer) and boot-record-images to install Linux, DOS and generic Boot Sectors for other operation systems.
There are three methods to install lilo 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 lilo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lilo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lilo
Install lilo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lilo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lilo
Install lilo 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 lilo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lilo
How To Uninstall lilo on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lilo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lilo
Uninstall lilo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lilo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lilo
Remove lilo Configurations and Data
To remove lilo configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lilo
Remove lilo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lilo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lilo
Dependencies
lilo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilo package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.