How To Install pxelinux on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pxelinux on Kali Linux.

What is pxelinux

pxelinux is:

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).

This package contains the bootloader for PXE network boots (PXELINUX).

There are three methods to install pxelinux on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pxelinux Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pxelinux using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pxelinux

Install pxelinux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pxelinux using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pxelinux

Install pxelinux Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pxelinux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pxelinux

How To Uninstall pxelinux on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pxelinux package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pxelinux

Uninstall pxelinux And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pxelinux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pxelinux

Remove pxelinux Configurations and Data

To remove pxelinux configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pxelinux

Remove pxelinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pxelinux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pxelinux

Dependencies

pxelinux have the following dependencies:

References

• pxelinux website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pxelinux package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.