How to Install and Uninstall dh-runit Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

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1. Install "dh-runit" package

This tutorial shows how to install dh-runit on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall dh-runit 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 dh-runit package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dh-runit
Version: 2.15.2
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Lorenzo Puliti
Architecture: all
Provides: dh-sequence-runit
Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libtext-hogan-perl, libfile-slurp-perl, libfile-copy-recursive-perl, perl:any
Description: debhelper add-on to handle runit runscripts
Description-md5: ef9b1b3112231b12585400a19d67dafd
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dh-runit
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dh-runit/dh-runit_2.15.2_all.deb
Size: 15884
MD5sum: 57c88a875b0bbdf2b2c41edd6a47cfae
SHA256: 12438fe299e1bec73d40437920b61202cde69a6de68760e6006393315bf7d98c