How To Install finit on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install finit
on Debian 12.
What is finit
finit is:
Finit is a simple alternative to SysV init and systemd, reverse engineered from the EeePC fastinit ten years ago by Claudio Matsuoka - “gaps filled with frog DNA …”
Finit supports runlevels, process monitoring, and starting services on demand using the built-in inetd, or by triggering a condition. E.g., “don’t start this service until basic networking is available”, or “wait until syslogd has started”.
There are three methods to install finit
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install finit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install finit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install finit
Install finit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install finit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install finit
Install finit 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 finit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install finit
How To Uninstall finit on Debian 12
To uninstall only the finit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove finit
Uninstall finit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall finit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove finit
Remove finit Configurations and Data
To remove finit
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge finit
Remove finit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove finit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge finit
Dependencies
finit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install finit
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.