How To Install orphan-sysvinit-scripts on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install orphan-sysvinit-scripts on Kali Linux. orphan-sysvinit-scripts is Orphaned System-V-like init scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install orphan-sysvinit-scripts on Kali Linux.

What is orphan-sysvinit-scripts

orphan-sysvinit-scripts is:

This package provides System-V init scripts for packages whose maintainers have chosen to drop them from the distribution in favour of only supplying a systemd service file.

It will only put files into /etc/init.d/ when the relevant package is installed on your system.

There are three methods to install orphan-sysvinit-scripts on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install orphan-sysvinit-scripts Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install orphan-sysvinit-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install orphan-sysvinit-scripts

Install orphan-sysvinit-scripts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install orphan-sysvinit-scripts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install orphan-sysvinit-scripts

Install orphan-sysvinit-scripts Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install orphan-sysvinit-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install orphan-sysvinit-scripts

How To Uninstall orphan-sysvinit-scripts on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the orphan-sysvinit-scripts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove orphan-sysvinit-scripts

Uninstall orphan-sysvinit-scripts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall orphan-sysvinit-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove orphan-sysvinit-scripts

Remove orphan-sysvinit-scripts Configurations and Data

To remove orphan-sysvinit-scripts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge orphan-sysvinit-scripts

Remove orphan-sysvinit-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove orphan-sysvinit-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge orphan-sysvinit-scripts

Dependencies

orphan-sysvinit-scripts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install orphan-sysvinit-scripts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.