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

Last updated: November 07,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "openrc" package

Please follow the guidance below to install openrc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall openrc 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 openrc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: openrc
Version: 0.45.2-2
Installed-Size: 1772
Maintainer: OpenRC Debian Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: sysv-rc
Depends: insserv, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libeinfo1 (>= 0.45.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), librc1 (>= 0.45.2), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Suggests: policycoreutils, sysvinit-core
Conflicts: file-rc, sysv-rc
Description: dependency based service manager (runlevel change mechanism)
Description-md5: 92fcb871d74246777ace5b4dfff92a08
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/openrc/openrc
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openrc/openrc_0.45.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 177416
MD5sum: f38ea7e2800e2fceef22a1283f91dbb1
SHA256: 07f305a5dc7af1405a2851c05be7ae06cec3a4219ff2a771cb12776e93a66b98