How to Install and Uninstall init Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "init" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install init on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                init
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "init" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall init on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                init
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the init package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: init
Source: init-system-helpers
Version: 1.56+nmu1
Installed-Size: 21
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.25)
Pre-Depends: systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core | runit-init
Description: metapackage ensuring an init system is installed
Description-md5: 12a082503782e774ffe62fa80de49eb6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Important: yes
Tag: admin::boot, role::metapackage
Section: metapackages
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/i/init-system-helpers/init_1.56+nmu1_amd64.deb
Size: 14644
MD5sum: 71a24122240e37c1cc1f358b068e34ab
SHA256: ed050eea0caedee05557330fe3846b175e67222d5efc56345e47dca286a4678d