How To Install sysvinit-utils on Debian 10

Learn how to install sysvinit-utils on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sysvinit-utils is System-V-like utilities

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.