How To Install runit-systemd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install runit-systemd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is runit-systemd
runit-systemd 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 service file to start runit supervision via systemd.
There are three methods to install runit-systemd on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-systemd 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-systemd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install runit-systemd
Install runit-systemd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install runit-systemd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install runit-systemd
Install runit-systemd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install runit-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install runit-systemd
How To Uninstall runit-systemd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the runit-systemd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove runit-systemd
Uninstall runit-systemd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall runit-systemd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove runit-systemd
Remove runit-systemd Configurations and Data
To remove runit-systemd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge runit-systemd
Remove runit-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove runit-systemd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge runit-systemd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install runit-systemd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
