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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "syslinux" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install syslinux on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall syslinux 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 syslinux package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: syslinux
Source: syslinux (3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3)
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3+b1
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+dfsg1-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 202844
MD5sum: cf07d8177820014a25d60d16552f6a4d
SHA256: 07a34a8b09e19ef44285d45c24aefd1119cf3c1580223cbca0dc58f8dd33ee33