How To Install sysvinit-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysvinit-utils
on Debian 12.
What is sysvinit-utils
sysvinit-utils is:
This package contains the important System-V-like utilities.
Specifically, this package includes: init-d-script, fstab-decode, killall5, pidof
It also contains the library scripts sourced by init-d-script and other initscripts that were formally in lsb-base.
There are three methods to install sysvinit-utils
on Debian 12. 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 12
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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.