How To Install runit-init on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install runit-init on Kali Linux.
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, that boots your system and starts runit.
There are three methods to install runit-init on Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install runit-init using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install runit-initInstall runit-init Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install runit-init using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install runit-initInstall runit-init Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install runit-init using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install runit-initHow To Uninstall runit-init on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the runit-init package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove runit-initUninstall runit-init And Its Dependencies
To uninstall runit-init and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove runit-initRemove runit-init Configurations and Data
To remove runit-init configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge runit-initRemove 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-initDependencies
runit-init have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install runit-init package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.