How To Install syslinux-extlinux on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux on CentOS 7.
What is syslinux-extlinux
The EXTLINUX bootloader, for booting the local system, as well as all the SYSLINUX/PXELINUX modules in /boot.
We can use yum or dnf to install syslinux-extlinux on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux-extlinux.
Install syslinux-extlinux 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-extlinux using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install syslinux-extlinux
Install syslinux-extlinux 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-extlinux using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install syslinux-extlinux
How To Uninstall syslinux-extlinux on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the syslinux-extlinux package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove syslinux-extlinux
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
