How To Install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv on Debian 12.
What is libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
libvirt-daemon-system-sysv is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This package contains dependencies and init scripts to make libvirt work with sysv based init systems. Using libvirt-daemon-systemd is preferred since the init scripts are incomplete.
This package is useless without the libvirt-daemon-system package installed.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv 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 libvirt-daemon-system-sysv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
Install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
Install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv 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 libvirt-daemon-system-sysv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-system-sysv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-system-sysv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
Uninstall libvirt-daemon-system-sysv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon-system-sysv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
Remove libvirt-daemon-system-sysv Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon-system-sysv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
Remove libvirt-daemon-system-sysv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-system-sysv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-system-sysv
Dependencies
libvirt-daemon-system-sysv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-system-sysv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
