How To Install live-config-sysvinit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-config-sysvinit on Debian 9.
What is live-config-sysvinit
live-config-sysvinit is:
The Live Systems project maintains the components to build Debian based Live systems and the official Debian Live images themselves.
live-config contains the components to configure a live system during the boot process (late userspace).
This package contains the sysvinit backend.
There are three methods to install live-config-sysvinit on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install live-config-sysvinit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install live-config-sysvinit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install live-config-sysvinit
Install live-config-sysvinit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install live-config-sysvinit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install live-config-sysvinit
Install live-config-sysvinit 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 live-config-sysvinit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install live-config-sysvinit
How To Uninstall live-config-sysvinit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the live-config-sysvinit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove live-config-sysvinit
Uninstall live-config-sysvinit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall live-config-sysvinit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-config-sysvinit
Remove live-config-sysvinit Configurations and Data
To remove live-config-sysvinit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge live-config-sysvinit
Remove live-config-sysvinit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove live-config-sysvinit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-config-sysvinit
Dependencies
live-config-sysvinit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-config-sysvinit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.