How To Install syslinux-efi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-efi on Kali Linux.

What is syslinux-efi

syslinux-efi 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 the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI).

There are three methods to install syslinux-efi 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 syslinux-efi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install syslinux-efi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install syslinux-efi

Install syslinux-efi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install syslinux-efi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install syslinux-efi

Install syslinux-efi 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 syslinux-efi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install syslinux-efi

How To Uninstall syslinux-efi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the syslinux-efi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove syslinux-efi

Uninstall syslinux-efi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall syslinux-efi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslinux-efi

Remove syslinux-efi Configurations and Data

To remove syslinux-efi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge syslinux-efi

Remove syslinux-efi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove syslinux-efi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslinux-efi

Dependencies

syslinux-efi have the following dependencies:

References

• syslinux-efi website

Summary

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