How to Install and Uninstall runit-sysv Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "runit-sysv" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install runit-sysv on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                runit-sysv
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "runit-sysv" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall runit-sysv on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: runit-sysv
Source: runit
Version: 2.1.2-25
Installed-Size: 30
Maintainer: Dmitry Bogatov
Architecture: all
Depends: runit, runit-helper (>= 2.8.1~), sysuser-helper (<< 1.4), sysvinit-core
Description: system-wide service supervision (sysv integration)
Description-md5: 4e74a82566cb867541873fc741cfbee9
Homepage: http://smarden.org/runit/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/runit/runit-sysv_2.1.2-25_all.deb
Size: 16780
MD5sum: f2d6992b0947d4b97b1aad2567e4a4cb
SHA256: f6b7792f9a3d07ce20a1cd7026ab30b206a64373625589a26a3519d97cd1c271