How to Install and Uninstall extlinux Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the extlinux on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "extlinux" package

This is a short guide on how to install extlinux on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "extlinux" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall extlinux on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the extlinux package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: extlinux
Source: syslinux (3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3)
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3+b1
Installed-Size: 345
Maintainer: Debian CD Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Recommends: syslinux-common
Description: collection of bootloaders (Linux ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, and xfs bootloader)
Description-md5: 414e5877200f459574bf4120db85ccc3
Homepage: http://www.syslinux.org/
Tag: admin::boot, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/syslinux/extlinux_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 192180
MD5sum: b4c046e1ae6c5a80aa79b473d0700203
SHA256: 43d2cc3947ddc842e535240c4c1f713df407863ab39e430211e3385a7cf0e315