How To Install mknbi on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mknbi on Debian 10.
What is mknbi
mknbi is:
With mknbi you can create tagged images for Etherboot. Tagged images are data files, which contain the necessary files for booting up (kernel+root for Linux, kernel+minifs for DOS, …) bundled together with a special format.
These tagged images are downloaded and understood by Etherboot and Netboot during the boot process.
This package should be used on the server and not on the client. It doesn’t contain code which handles the network card, downloads the image, etc.
There are three methods to install mknbi on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mknbi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mknbi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mknbi
Install mknbi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mknbi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mknbi
Install mknbi 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 mknbi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mknbi
How To Uninstall mknbi on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mknbi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mknbi
Uninstall mknbi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mknbi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mknbi
Remove mknbi Configurations and Data
To remove mknbi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mknbi
Remove mknbi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mknbi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mknbi
Dependencies
mknbi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mknbi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.