How to Install and Uninstall runit Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "runit" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install runit on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall runit on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                runit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the runit package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: runit
Version: 2.1.2-41
Installed-Size: 495
Maintainer: Lorenzo Puliti
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: runit-init (<< 2.1.2-29~)
Depends: sysuser-helper (<< 1.4), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: runit-run | runit-init
Suggests: socklog
Breaks: runit-init (<< 2.1.2-29~)
Description: system-wide service supervision
Description-md5: eb15553874e0d9d776a0d1b31885eca3
Homepage: http://smarden.org/runit/
Tag: admin::boot, admin::configuring, interface::daemon, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/runit/runit_2.1.2-41_amd64.deb
Size: 131064
MD5sum: edd8ae20ea429d17c0eb83d28711eff3
SHA256: 2b9ebc9b7d06d4fba5d8960b09e603834408ae27549a023e219ac179e13d2eda