How To Install systemd-sysv on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-sysv on Debian 11.
What is systemd-sysv
systemd-sysv is:
systemd is a system and service manager for Linux. It provides aggressive parallelization capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, keeps track of processes using Linux control groups, maintains mount and automount points and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic.
systemd is compatible with SysV and LSB init scripts and can work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit.
This package provides the manual pages and links needed for systemd to replace sysvinit. Installing systemd-sysv will overwrite /sbin/init with a link to systemd.
There are three methods to install systemd-sysv on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install systemd-sysv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-sysv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemd-sysv
Install systemd-sysv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-sysv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemd-sysv
Install systemd-sysv 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 systemd-sysv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemd-sysv
How To Uninstall systemd-sysv on Debian 11
To uninstall only the systemd-sysv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemd-sysv
Uninstall systemd-sysv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemd-sysv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-sysv
Remove systemd-sysv Configurations and Data
To remove systemd-sysv configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-sysv
Remove systemd-sysv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemd-sysv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-sysv
Dependencies
systemd-sysv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-sysv package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.