How To Install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 is The EXTLINUX bootloader, for booting the local system.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `syslinux-extlinux.x86_64`

The EXTLINUX bootloader, for booting the local system, as well as all the SYSLINUX/PXELINUX modules in /boot.

We can use yum to install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64.

Install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64

How To Uninstall syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove syslinux-extlinux.x86_64

syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/boot/extlinux
/boot/extlinux/cat.c32
/boot/extlinux/chain.c32
/boot/extlinux/cmd.c32
/boot/extlinux/config.c32
/boot/extlinux/cpuid.c32
/boot/extlinux/cpuidtest.c32
/boot/extlinux/disk.c32
/boot/extlinux/dmitest.c32
/boot/extlinux/elf.c32
/boot/extlinux/ethersel.c32
/boot/extlinux/gfxboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/gpxecmd.c32
/boot/extlinux/hdt.c32
/boot/extlinux/host.c32
/boot/extlinux/ifcpu.c32
/boot/extlinux/ifcpu64.c32
/boot/extlinux/ifplop.c32
/boot/extlinux/int18.com
/boot/extlinux/kbdmap.c32
/boot/extlinux/linux.c32
/boot/extlinux/ls.c32
/boot/extlinux/lua.c32
/boot/extlinux/mboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/memdisk
/boot/extlinux/memdump.com
/boot/extlinux/meminfo.c32
/boot/extlinux/menu.c32
/boot/extlinux/pcitest.c32
/boot/extlinux/pmload.c32
/boot/extlinux/poweroff.com
/boot/extlinux/pwd.c32
/boot/extlinux/pxechain.com
/boot/extlinux/reboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/rosh.c32
/boot/extlinux/sanboot.c32
/boot/extlinux/sdi.c32
/boot/extlinux/sysdump.c32
/boot/extlinux/ver.com
/boot/extlinux/vesainfo.c32
/boot/extlinux/vesamenu.c32
/boot/extlinux/vpdtest.c32
/boot/extlinux/whichsys.c32
/boot/extlinux/zzjson.c32
/etc/extlinux.conf
/usr/sbin/extlinux
/usr/share/man/man1/extlinux.1.gz

References

syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslinux-extlinux.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.