How to Install and Uninstall bootcd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "bootcd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bootcd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install bootcd

2. Uninstall "bootcd" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall bootcd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove bootcd $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the bootcd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bootcd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 378
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher
Architecture: all
Version: 5.04
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), genisoimage, cpio, fdutils, file, dosfstools, realpath | coreutils (>= 8.23-1), syslinux, syslinux-common, initramfs-tools, busybox | busybox-static | busybox-cvs | busybox-cvs-static
Recommends: wodim, isolinux
Suggests: ssh, discover | discover1, elilo, aufs-tools
Conflicts: bootcd-backup, bootcd-i386, bootcd-ia64, bootcd-mkinitramfs
Filename: pool/universe/b/bootcd/bootcd_5.04_all.deb
Size: 78282
MD5sum: f9012e7ac0ced3e19e68c7417e56ee19
SHA1: 0898ec71a6425e2108970edc9a73e58e522c588f
SHA256: 2ab50a364875ccfff3d9d1dd7b6f53239066446d766213c6f88da5ad5f05df5e
Description-en: run your system from cd without need for disks
Build an image of your running Debian System with the command bootcdwrite.
You can also build a bootcd ISO image via NFS on a remote System.
When you run your system from CD you do not need any disks. All
changes will be done in ram. To reuse this changes at next boot time
you can save them on FLOPPY with the command bootcdflopcp. If booting
from your CD-drive is not supported, booting from FLOPPY is possible.
It is possible to install a new system from the running CD with the
command bootcd2disk. Bootcd2disk can also find a target disk, format
it and make it bootable automatically. Bootcd also supports lilo,
grub, initrd, udev, lvm, transparent-compression ISO 9660 fs and
syslinux/isolinux. The included FAQ describes how bootcd can do
online or offline backups of other Linux distributions, resulting
in restore-bootcds. The bootcdbackupwizard helps to create online
backups.
Description-md5: a6489329b4dc429a928505112ea179ef
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu