How to Install and Uninstall extlinux Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "extlinux" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install extlinux on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Learn how to uninstall extlinux on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                extlinux
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the extlinux package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: extlinux
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: syslinux
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian CD Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 326
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38)
Recommends: syslinux-common
Filename: pool/universe/s/syslinux/extlinux_6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 147182
MD5sum: 4012900cd9740d9595e09e02bbd83e59
SHA1: 5db9cefd792ce92a1d6b06999e078327f565a6ae
SHA256: d12cb1d67dcd5a0ee616324f6c437f8456297ae5b4a22dc8bbb2b0677f358f1c
SHA512: 01f34f1dc206166c611dc045b2bff9a2e258719537feea173dc1d7bab0e883e5eca83d0147bb9636d531d3e4f154d840a95a4d05e5c647969bf2f0fdd6070ca4
Homepage: http://www.syslinux.org/
Description: collection of bootloaders (Linux ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, and xfs bootloader)
Description-md5: 414e5877200f459574bf4120db85ccc3