How to Install and Uninstall daemontools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the daemontools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "daemontools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install daemontools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall daemontools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the daemontools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: daemontools
Version: 1:0.76-8.1
Installed-Size: 391
Maintainer: Joost van Baal-Ilić
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: daemontools-doc
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: daemontools-run | runit
Description: collection of tools for managing UNIX services
Description-md5: e3a2597df223fd85ad4e36dea5a8a777
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html
Tag: admin::boot, admin::logging, admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, interface::daemon, role::program, use::monitor,
works-with::logfile, works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/daemontools/daemontools_0.76-8.1_amd64.deb
Size: 61208
MD5sum: 58a69d712f54af918098eb733f23dcdb
SHA256: 8ae52d3632da06d39abd1f7911e8c5a58a5d7dcac752c831b9d185a2fa442132