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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "petitboot" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall petitboot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                petitboot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the petitboot package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: petitboot
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 172
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Geoff Levand
Architecture: amd64
Version: 13.05.29.14.00-g4dc604b-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libudev1 (>= 183), kexec-tools
Recommends: wget, tftp-hpa
Suggests: ssh-client
Filename: pool/universe/p/petitboot/petitboot_13.05.29.14.00-g4dc604b-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 50474
MD5sum: 1a787d4e3e37b67fd9271ec797afb62e
SHA1: 851064ddd77d4d4db37b3e009a05a3d8dd715ebc
SHA256: b62f75c3d68daa81d18a0609bb5afa235adfc81cdf445d43938b92179cb64dad
Description-en: ncurses version of petitboot, a kexec based bootloader
Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec warm
reboot mechanism. Petitboot supports loading kernel and initrd image files
from any mountable Linux device, plus can load image files from the network
using TFTP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, and SCP. Petitboot can boot any operating
system supported by kexec.
Description-md5: 280b7da8852eec1982897447dba6cf8f
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/petitboot/petitboot.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu