How to Install and Uninstall runit Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "runit" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install runit on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall runit on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: runit
Version: 2.1.2-54+usrmerge
Installed-Size: 557
Maintainer: Lorenzo Puliti
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: runit-init (<< 2.1.2-29~)
Depends: runit-helper (>= 2.14.0~), sysuser-helper (>= 1.3.3), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: runit-run | runit-init
Suggests: socklog, ucspi-unix, zsh, runit-services
Breaks: runit-init (<< 2.1.2-29~)
Size: 150496
SHA256: 7b0ed349b8d82229ff9d7143c23a7398d07acf9b72f2071095f6877f696147fe
SHA1: 97708f9f962b7c374061847bffd4512fad6fb30a
MD5sum: 8aef505d6a2ac416070e85ff2f29ce5f
Description: system-wide service supervision
runit is a collection of tools to provide system-wide service supervision
and to manage services. Contrary to sysv init, it not only cares about
starting and stopping services, but also supervises the service daemons
while they are running. Amongst other things, it provides a reliable
interface to send signals to service daemons without the need for pid-files,
and a log facility with automatic log file rotation and disk space limits.
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runit service supervision can run under sysv init, systemd or replace the init
system completely. Complete init replacement is provided by 'runit-init'
package. Users that want to take advantage of runit supervision under systemd
or sysv init can directly install the 'runit-run' package.
Description-md5:
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_2.1.2-54+usrmerge_amd64.deb