How to Install and Uninstall syslinux Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 20,2024

1. Install "syslinux" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install syslinux on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall syslinux on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                syslinux
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the syslinux package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: syslinux
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian CD Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 353
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), mtools
Recommends: syslinux-common
Suggests: dosfstools
Filename: pool/universe/s/syslinux/syslinux_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 152508
MD5sum: c8010e4d20738b8347dff7d6e4949709
SHA1: 04cea8eb1f7a46cf4237ee85f1336cd46df2eeda
SHA256: 8c397b05344efd5c5ae3d1a3204cd14cf39d2b4e05d9a1f409e519a415a7b0c9
SHA512: 4bbdc153bcc5378df331f9534535ba008f00406d134c548090c4bb3dbddc0257275662f96dfe72330611a60ce8dc7fab7b2f064d3207725d76a069d7e35d64c5
Homepage: http://www.syslinux.org/
Description-en: collection of bootloaders (DOS FAT and NTFS bootloader)
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).
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This package contains the bootloader for DOS FAT and NTFS filesystems
(SYSLINUX).
Description-md5: 50c42eb61f4eca6baafef92fdfa86fc7