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

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pxelinux" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pxelinux on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: pxelinux
Source: syslinux
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3
Installed-Size: 240
Maintainer: Debian CD Group
Architecture: all
Recommends: syslinux-common
Suggests: tftpd-hpa
Description: collection of bootloaders (PXE network bootloader)
Description-md5: 86c16ea3e455f4a5c8b0d7d0deddf48f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.syslinux.org/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/syslinux/pxelinux_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3_all.deb
Size: 156016
MD5sum: f37e02ca496624398b25b0d51c101f72
SHA256: ef253a75cb558b38c4b65f8c09a816e7c405645751936065f14558c1553d0db1