How to Install and Uninstall sysvinit-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sysvinit-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install sysvinit-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "sysvinit-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sysvinit-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sysvinit-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sysvinit-utils
Source: sysvinit
Version: 3.06-4
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: lsb-base
Provides: lsb-base (= 11.1.0)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Conflicts: lsb-base (<< 11.3~)
Description: System-V-like utilities
Description-md5: 6de18cd5530693b7e1a01d243c037661
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/slicer69/sysvinit
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::analysing, use::checking, use::monitor,
works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/s/sysvinit/sysvinit-utils_3.06-4_amd64.deb
Size: 30996
MD5sum: 931432082ae59bf88b9c52100e82d003
SHA256: 11790842108768ec52432ea22e7b4f057232813b7c27ef6dfe1aba776a5cb90e