How to Install extlinux software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install extlinux software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

extlinux software package provides collection of bootloaders (Linux ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, and xfs bootloader), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 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 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package extlinux
Version 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1
Description collection of bootloaders (Linux ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, and xfs bootloader)
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove extlinux software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?