How To Install daemontools-run on Debian 10

Learn how to install daemontools-run on Debian 10 with this tutorial. daemontools-run is daemontools service supervision

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daemontools-run on Debian 10.

What is daemontools-run

daemontools-run is:

Starts svscanboot from inittab, and provides the directory /etc/service/ for services to be supervised by daemontools.

There are three methods to install daemontools-run on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install daemontools-run Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install daemontools-run

Install daemontools-run Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install daemontools-run

Install daemontools-run Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install daemontools-run

How To Uninstall daemontools-run on Debian 10

To uninstall only the daemontools-run package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove daemontools-run

Uninstall daemontools-run And Its Dependencies

To uninstall daemontools-run and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove daemontools-run

Remove daemontools-run Configurations and Data

To remove daemontools-run configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge daemontools-run

Remove daemontools-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daemontools-run

Dependencies

daemontools-run have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install daemontools-run package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.