How To Install syslinux on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux on CentOS 7.
What is syslinux
SYSLINUX is a suite of bootloaders, currently supporting DOS FAT filesystems, Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems (EXTLINUX), PXE network boots (PXELINUX), or ISO 9660 CD-ROMs (ISOLINUX).
We can use yum or dnf to install syslinux on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux.
Install syslinux on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install syslinux using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install syslinux
Install syslinux on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install syslinux using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install syslinux
How To Uninstall syslinux on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the syslinux package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove syslinux
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.