How To Install syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 7. syslinux-tftpboot is SYSLINUX modules in /var/lib/tftpboot, available for network

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 7.

What is syslinux-tftpboot

All the SYSLINUX/PXELINUX modules directly available for network booting in the /var/lib/tftpboot directory.

We can use yum or dnf to install syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux-tftpboot.

Install syslinux-tftpboot 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-tftpboot using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslinux-tftpboot

Install syslinux-tftpboot 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-tftpboot using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslinux-tftpboot

How To Uninstall syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove syslinux-tftpboot

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-tftpboot on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.