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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "systemctl" package

This is a short guide on how to install systemctl on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall systemctl on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

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