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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "pxelinux" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pxelinux on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pxelinux on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: pxelinux
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 300
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Source: syslinux
Version: 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1
Recommends: syslinux-common
Suggests: tftpd-hpa
Filename: pool/main/s/syslinux/pxelinux_6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 183366
MD5sum: b27451f42f9d3015abb5c6a4ef76bf1a
SHA1: 1f4e23d273a8bc68984fbf5d443fcd8d84ef2609
SHA256: 09f3c849ab11f2b3c3c0bc04dd00c896816835bc01eb91d4d0de71d7c810e43a
Description-en: collection of bootloaders (PXE network 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 PXE network boots (PXELINUX).
Description-md5: 86c16ea3e455f4a5c8b0d7d0deddf48f
Homepage: http://www.syslinux.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y