How to Install and Uninstall syslinux Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: March 29,2024

1. Install "syslinux" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install syslinux on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install syslinux

2. Uninstall "syslinux" package

Learn how to uninstall syslinux on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove syslinux $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the syslinux package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: syslinux
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-1
Installed-Size: 344
Maintainer: Debian CD Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), mtools
Recommends: syslinux-common
Suggests: dosfstools
Description: collection of bootloaders (DOS FAT and NTFS bootloader)
Description-md5: 50c42eb61f4eca6baafef92fdfa86fc7
Homepage: http://www.syslinux.org/
Tag: admin::boot, hardware::storage, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/syslinux/syslinux_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 202808
MD5sum: b199b14ec36edf007b620f86bd4bec26
SHA256: 1fb87d76304f607def81cde3db15863f632e6d6730c45dd2219102d76229ba5a