How To Install rcconf on Debian 10

Learn how to install rcconf on Debian 10 with this tutorial. rcconf is Debian Runlevel configuration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcconf on Debian 10.

What is rcconf

rcconf is:

This tool configures system services in connection with system runlevels. It turns on/off services using the scripts in /etc/init.d/. Rcconf works with System-V style runlevel configuration. It is a TUI(Text User Interface) frontend to the update-rc.d command.

There are three methods to install rcconf on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rcconf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rcconf

Install rcconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rcconf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rcconf

Install rcconf 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 rcconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rcconf

How To Uninstall rcconf on Debian 10

To uninstall only the rcconf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rcconf

Uninstall rcconf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rcconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rcconf

Remove rcconf Configurations and Data

To remove rcconf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rcconf

Remove rcconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rcconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rcconf

Dependencies

rcconf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcconf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.