How to Install and Uninstall syslinux Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "syslinux" package

This tutorial shows how to install syslinux on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall syslinux on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: syslinux
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian CD Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 351
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), mtools
Recommends: syslinux-common
Suggests: dosfstools
Filename: pool/universe/s/syslinux/syslinux_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 161206
MD5sum: 9f2d7aad6c129cb2ede22c7c4d6df9ba
SHA1: c80cd34da9f4bb5c840a31fa81e7214a26533da5
SHA256: 97d754a109fe406baa710782c460837f6f5df072deb513678aea58756a445d61
SHA512: 7291877b8deaca341c05f8302e064c20a2420cabe8b8f6943261292905d459a6553302699eb7b5dca5440240e3d4a62d64d373be900d1cb262b87b27e35c8059
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