How to Install and Uninstall sysvinit-core Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "sysvinit-core" package

This tutorial shows how to install sysvinit-core on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sysvinit-core
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sysvinit-core" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall sysvinit-core on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: sysvinit-core
Source: sysvinit
Version: 2.93-8
Installed-Size: 263
Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: systemd-sysv, sysvinit (<< 2.88dsf-44~), upstart
Depends: debianutils (>= 4), initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3), sysv-rc | file-rc | openrc, sysvinit-utils (>= 2.86.ds1-66), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsepol1 (>= 2.4)
Suggests: bootlogd
Conflicts: systemd-sysv, upstart
Description: System-V-like init utilities
Description-md5: 33be387f0c3f6dc398cbbfb9bd97351d
Homepage: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sysvinit/sysvinit-core_2.93-8_amd64.deb
Size: 147460
MD5sum: 6c864f64ae38c8f83b0e5d548645a2e4
SHA256: 80ecc36db913c8f702f85cad39c55dd6863464a27794b10bf0b494bbe5134130