How To Install runit-init on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install runit-init on Debian 12.
What is runit-init
runit-init is:
runit is a collection of tools to provide system-wide service supervision and to manage services. Contrary to sysv init, it not only cares about starting and stopping services, but also supervises the service daemons while they are running. Amongst other things, it provides a reliable interface to send signals to service daemons without the need for pid-files, and a log facility with automatic log file rotation and disk space limits.
This package provides /sbin/init as a symlink to runit-init so that the system will automatically boot with runit; it also provides compatibility symlinks (shutdown, halt, reboot, poweroff) that are expected by desktop environments and other system tools. To install this package the user need to first remove the `init’ metapackage, for more details see #1005881 or visit https://salsa.debian.org/runit-team/runit-wiki/-/wikis/home
There are three methods to install runit-init 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 runit-init Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install runit-init using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install runit-init
Install runit-init Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install runit-init using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install runit-init
Install runit-init 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 runit-init using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install runit-init
How To Uninstall runit-init on Debian 12
To uninstall only the runit-init package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove runit-init
Uninstall runit-init And Its Dependencies
To uninstall runit-init and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove runit-init
Remove runit-init Configurations and Data
To remove runit-init configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge runit-init
Remove runit-init configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove runit-init configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge runit-init
Dependencies
runit-init have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install runit-init package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
