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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "runit-services" package

This is a short guide on how to install runit-services on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall runit-services 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 runit-services package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: runit-services
Version: 0.5.5~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 283
Maintainer: Lorenzo Puliti
Architecture: all
Depends: runit-helper (>= 2.14.0~), runit (>= 2.1.2-51)
Recommends: runit-run | runit-init
Suggests: socklog
Breaks: runit (<< 2.1.2-51~)
Description: UNIX init scheme with service supervision (services)
Description-md5: 0b6b94e39ac5487a81b9eeb5eae44905
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/runit-services/runit-services_0.5.5~deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 16860
MD5sum: 0f9cd2b7251069b5c15092115ab83f10
SHA256: bccb1b3c2657bc935cee140184287dac434737c22bcb95a7bc7068a4f2af48f0