How To Install syslinux-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-utils on Kali Linux. syslinux-utils is collection of bootloaders (utilities)

Introduction

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

What is syslinux-utils

syslinux-utils 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 auxiliary utilities.

There are three methods to install syslinux-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install syslinux-utils

Install syslinux-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install syslinux-utils

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

sudo aptitude -y install syslinux-utils

How To Uninstall syslinux-utils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove syslinux-utils

Uninstall syslinux-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslinux-utils

Remove syslinux-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge syslinux-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

syslinux-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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