How To Install finit-plugins on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install finit-plugins on Debian 12.
What is finit-plugins
finit-plugins 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 …”
This package contains the plugins.
There are three methods to install finit-plugins 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-plugins 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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install finit-plugins
Install finit-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install finit-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install finit-plugins
Install finit-plugins 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-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install finit-plugins
How To Uninstall finit-plugins on Debian 12
To uninstall only the finit-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove finit-plugins
Uninstall finit-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall finit-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove finit-plugins
Remove finit-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove finit-plugins configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge finit-plugins
Remove finit-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove finit-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge finit-plugins
Dependencies
finit-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install finit-plugins package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
