How to Install and Uninstall s6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the s6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "s6" package

This guide let you learn how to install s6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                s6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "s6" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall s6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                s6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the s6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: s6
Version: 2.11.3.2-1
Installed-Size: 1158
Maintainer: Shengjing Zhu
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libs6-2.7
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libexecline2.9 (>= 2.9.0.0), libs6-2.11 (>= 2.11.2.0), libskarnet2.13 (>= 2.13.1.0)
Recommends: execline
Suggests: s6-doc
Breaks: libs6-2.7
Description: small and secure supervision software suite
Description-md5: 16a8c79a715a3f6c2992af7ec316bb11
Homepage: https://skarnet.org/software/s6/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/s6/s6_2.11.3.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 127264
MD5sum: 434a523e4218c03cde8ba9f5da119623
SHA256: 80f48e657e09bd0d7f4a3440957dd3171084e005a90ced037d8426a2e5cf0f8f