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

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "systemd" package

Learn how to install systemd on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall systemd on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: systemd
Version: 241-7~deb10u8
Installed-Size: 13484
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: udev (<< 228-5)
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libapparmor1 (>= 2.9.0-3+exp2), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:1.6.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.6), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libip4tc0 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libkmod2 (>= 5~), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), libmount1 (>= 2.30), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.1), libsystemd0 (= 241-7~deb10u8), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), mount (>= 2.26), adduser
Pre-Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.24), libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r122), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9)
Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus
Suggests: systemd-container, policykit-1
Conflicts: consolekit, libpam-ck-connector
Breaks: apparmor (<< 2.9.2-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), laptop-mode-tools (<< 1.68~), python-dbusmock (<< 0.18), python3-dbusmock (<< 0.18), systemd-shim (<< 10-4~), udev (<< 228-5)
Description: system and service manager
Description-md5: 00afa0c6fd35cc93a91e4654874648cb
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Tag: admin::boot, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program,
works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/systemd_241-7~deb10u8_amd64.deb
Size: 3496060
MD5sum: 51a8de8b75a388c4965baf50ca788897
SHA256: a60a47ef65cf1d5680555b749a22e679c2889095df10031a6321771e70e9ce4d