Complete Guide: Installing pxe-kexec on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) 2024

1. Install "pxe-kexec" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pxe-kexec on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pxe-kexec" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall pxe-kexec on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 pxe-kexec package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: pxe-kexec
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.4-3build3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dave Walker (Daviey)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 297
Depends: kexec-tools, libc6 (>= 2.4), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pxe-kexec/pxe-kexec_0.2.4-3build3_amd64.deb
Size: 74468
MD5sum: cdc0e4a746b59ce54a9e8211154bf718
SHA1: 3be9848523724f7d6fe556107bcefd4dcf165b4d
SHA256: 863ae0a0dc45bf9f4609103f19c5d92cfda156d5c1fef253b616ed59b520794b
SHA512: 4a41af5670950ce8213ed216d1b01c293b4c82efb9bd426634e29ce0b89815e6ddfe6d1868bc03bb48f5e90b0763c4b612546ddb94c9720bf08ebb59d4960629
Homepage: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/pxe-kexec/
Description-en: Fetch PXE configuration file and netboot using kexec
Tool that fetches PXE configuration file (SysLinux' PXELinux format),
prompts the user for a boot entry (label), (supports interactive
editing of the kernel parameters), downloads the selected kernel and
initrd over the network using TFTP, FTP or HTTP and finally reboots
into the kernel using kexec.
Description-md5: ba08dc032f9a01ad9f938bf472af9bb0