How to Install and Uninstall systemd-sysv Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "systemd-sysv" package

This tutorial shows how to install systemd-sysv on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                systemd-sysv
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "systemd-sysv" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall systemd-sysv on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: systemd-sysv
Source: systemd
Version: 252.22-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 73
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: sysvinit-core
Pre-Depends: systemd
Recommends: libpam-systemd, libnss-systemd
Conflicts: file-rc, systemd-shim, sysvinit-core
Description: system and service manager - SysV compatibility symlinks
Description-md5: d704d23b3cdeb076982e788442f6eee1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Tag: admin::boot, implemented-in::c, role::program,
works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/systemd-sysv_252.22-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 41920
MD5sum: f00a786f70ed333657bd2a421eb0e47d
SHA256: d733335d37e52f72e03b87f6988a66784bc7f91fc4332bf0940e65d7180dae99