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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "syslinux" package

This is a short guide on how to install syslinux on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall syslinux on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: syslinux
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 298
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), mtools
Recommends: syslinux-common
Suggests: dosfstools
Filename: pool/main/s/syslinux/syslinux_6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 140846
MD5sum: 9c973e50a1a133cc3a167dc256c3897e
SHA1: bae10d746f8a8c8ab75469462f3981f0759a297d
SHA256: 485975c2699478f1af1c1734636f33d69581f971bf7df1f0028e26a0ea0b439d
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
Homepage: http://www.syslinux.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop