How To Install syslinux on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is syslinux
syslinux 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 DOS FAT and NTFS filesystems (SYSLINUX).
There are three methods to install syslinux on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syslinux
Install syslinux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syslinux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syslinux
Install syslinux 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install syslinux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syslinux
How To Uninstall syslinux on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the syslinux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syslinux
Uninstall syslinux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syslinux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslinux
Remove syslinux Configurations and Data
To remove syslinux configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syslinux
Remove syslinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syslinux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslinux
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
