Package syslinux not found by apt

[linuxfan]

I use Armbian Buster on ODROID-C2. I try to install the package "syslinux" with apt, but it's not there. What now?

 

apt install syslinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package syslinux is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'syslinux' has no installation candidate

[Werner]

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Generic Debian/Ubuntu support questions goes here!

Providing logs with armbianmonitor -u significantly raises chances that issue is getting addressed.

 

 

[guidol]

@linuxfan the package syslinux for buster is only referenced for the platforms i386 & amd64:

https://packages.debian.org/buster/syslinux

because this are Boot-Loaders für DOS FAT und NTFS which are mainly not used on ARM-Systems!?

 

[linuxfan]

Ok, I don't really know what that means but it sounds like it's difficult or impossible. I wanted to create bootable Windows sticks, which requires syslinux to prepare the USB stick. The famous bash script "bootiso" requires it.

 

I did it with a Windows PC now but, yeah, it's no big deal but a little sad. I use my Armbian device to prepare many things which are not used on ARM and it would be cool if not too much is left out vs. regular Debian.

[guidol]

23 minutes ago, linuxfan said:

Ok, I don't really know what that means but it sounds like it's difficult or impossible. I wanted to create bootable Windows sticks, which requires syslinux to prepare the USB stick. The famous bash script "bootiso" requires it.

maybe you have only not apt-searched for syslinux?
try to
apt install syslinux-common
which is available in armbian
 

root@npi-neo2-24(192.168.6.24):~# apt-cache search syslinux
grub-imageboot - boot iso, harddisk and floppy images with grub2 and syslinux memdisk
syslinux-common - collection of bootloaders (common)
syslinux-efi - collection of bootloaders (UEFI bootloader)