How to Install and Uninstall bootcd Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "bootcd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bootcd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall bootcd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 bootcd package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: bootcd
Architecture: all
Version: 6.4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 374
Depends: busybox | busybox-static | busybox-cvs | busybox-cvs-static, cpio, dosfstools, e2fsprogs, fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~), file, genisoimage, initramfs-tools, grub-efi-amd64-bin, isolinux, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), rsync, shellia (>= 5.6.5), syslinux, syslinux-common, xorriso
Recommends: wodim
Suggests: ssh, discover | discover1, elilo, aufs-tools
Conflicts: bootcd-backup, bootcd-i386, bootcd-ia64, bootcd-mkinitramfs
Filename: pool/universe/b/bootcd/bootcd_6.4_all.deb
Size: 116988
MD5sum: eb2abced16b52947076a4f3f23b82f15
SHA1: d26c5a14ffddb5d5cb9e57db825ac4de938b6087
SHA256: 72765a9b334d8b1dd098b713cd8ea7dd2ac15f63f228acf26686bab0303b272f
SHA512: a6b23e792be831612f63d1d7a0dc5407862a17b78598ba8e5f15d6f26530520b29b119b19795ae05b8fa37eba36d2107b079780a46deceef7251c88629e823f0
Description-en: bootcd tools can copy a running or mounted Debian system.
Different boot configuration are supportet (efi, old bios, secure boot).
bootcdwrite creates an ISO life-cd file called bootcd using an overlayfs.
bootcdflopcp writes changes from overlayfs to floppy disk, when running from bootcd.
bootcd2disk writes bootable disks (with or without lvm, ext2, ext3, ext4, vfat, swap).
Description-md5: c11b117611c2ea47e742119e6f9df8d2