How To Install init on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install init
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is init
init is:
This package is a metapackage which allows you to select from the available init systems while ensuring that one of these is available on the system at all times.
There are three methods to install init
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install init Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install init
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install init
Install init Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install init
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install init
Install init 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 init
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install init
How To Uninstall init on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the init
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove init
Uninstall init And Its Dependencies
To uninstall init
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove init
Remove init Configurations and Data
To remove init
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge init
Remove init configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove init
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge init
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install init
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.