How to Install extlinux software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install extlinux software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

extlinux software package provides collection of boot loaders (ext2/3/4 and btrfs bootloader), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install extlinux 

extlinux is installed in your system.

Make ensure the extlinux package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep extlinux *

You will get with extlinux package name, version, architecture and description in a table

extlinux package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package extlinux
Version 3:4.05+dfsg-6+deb8u1
Description collection of boot loaders (ext2/3/4 and btrfs bootloader)
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove extlinux software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?