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

Last updated: November 05,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "systemctl" package

Learn how to install systemctl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall systemctl 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 systemctl package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: systemctl
Source: docker-systemctl-replacement
Version: 1.4.4181-1.1
Installed-Size: 272
Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any
Recommends: procps
Suggests: tini | dumb-init
Conflicts: systemd
Description: daemonless "systemctl" command to manage services without systemd
Description-md5: 365260d0ce4d4a9f51b3dc0038b375bf
Homepage: https://github.com/gdraheim/docker-systemctl-replacement
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/docker-systemctl-replacement/systemctl_1.4.4181-1.1_all.deb
Size: 79836
MD5sum: 138f9860d5276ba1830533e8829761e2
SHA256: 9538e028d11a96e1e9294b8542bb36884bd2e27c202b2fab00369031cda7df8f