How To Install syslinux-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syslinux-utils
How To Uninstall syslinux-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
