How To Install sysvinit-utils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysvinit-utils on Debian 10.
What is sysvinit-utils
sysvinit-utils is:
This package contains the important System-V-like utilities.
Specifically, this package includes: killall5, pidof
There are three methods to install sysvinit-utils 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 sysvinit-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sysvinit-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sysvinit-utils
Install sysvinit-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sysvinit-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sysvinit-utils
Install sysvinit-utils 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 sysvinit-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sysvinit-utils
How To Uninstall sysvinit-utils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the sysvinit-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sysvinit-utils
Uninstall sysvinit-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sysvinit-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sysvinit-utils
Remove sysvinit-utils Configurations and Data
To remove sysvinit-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sysvinit-utils
Remove sysvinit-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sysvinit-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sysvinit-utils
Dependencies
sysvinit-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysvinit-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.