How to Install and Uninstall systemd Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "systemd" package

This tutorial shows how to install systemd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Learn how to uninstall systemd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                systemd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the systemd package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: systemd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 237-3ubuntu10.53
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12536
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libblkid1 (>= 2.19.1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:1.4), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libip4tc0 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9)
Depends: libapparmor1 (>= 2.9.0-3+exp2), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:1.4.3), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libmount1 (>= 2.26.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsystemd0 (= 237-3ubuntu10.53), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), mount (>= 2.26), adduser, procps
Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus, networkd-dispatcher
Suggests: systemd-container, policykit-1
Conflicts: systemd-shim, upstart
Breaks: apparmor (<< 2.9.2-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), laptop-mode-tools (<< 1.68~), systemd-shim (<< 10-3~), udev (<< 228-5)
Replaces: udev (<< 228-5)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/systemd_237-3ubuntu10.53_amd64.deb
Size: 2915380
MD5sum: 74600bf4271ea794f7960188190dea3c
SHA1: 0409dac9d779983e202d9663ac0b193f5b7cd9a8
SHA256: d7249eec01e7bec9aef16797f6d2576f9d8499dd4df8716c167ba58d67be38e1
SHA512: 7c0a8c340e1116e0797cf530b3bebc639a8c6a8e34c2e0c1ddf73b8c62bbd000df90318ed25c3589254a09c0e487940f24f18af2baba8f82afc37cd0255a6825
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description: system and service manager
Description-md5: 00afa0c6fd35cc93a91e4654874648cb
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: systemd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 237-3ubuntu10.50
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12528
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libblkid1 (>= 2.19.1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:1.4), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libip4tc0 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9)
Depends: libapparmor1 (>= 2.9.0-3+exp2), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:1.4.3), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libmount1 (>= 2.26.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsystemd0 (= 237-3ubuntu10.50), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), mount (>= 2.26), adduser, procps
Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus, networkd-dispatcher
Suggests: systemd-container, policykit-1
Conflicts: systemd-shim, upstart
Breaks: apparmor (<< 2.9.2-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), laptop-mode-tools (<< 1.68~), systemd-shim (<< 10-3~), udev (<< 228-5)
Replaces: udev (<< 228-5)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/systemd_237-3ubuntu10.50_amd64.deb
Size: 2914208
MD5sum: 8cdd8b8c3613112222b5f9f809225f56
SHA1: 332a269b8e353929b1ae072b3d323260d0777ccb
SHA256: d43bd2bbbdfaf05d1ba95e6c2c1b7ca848747daf07c4cf9216fee3fc281070c2
SHA512: 229d86311d804ad403b4e9ca3d8c93bcebce55f163cce6db11d87c60fca3c4b57ddf380d77e3f5a32d7f175643a9e9678c84401c5cd58ccbb6d84e5ad70dfb0b
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description: system and service manager
Description-md5: 00afa0c6fd35cc93a91e4654874648cb
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: systemd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 237-3ubuntu10
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12420
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libapparmor1 (>= 2.9.0-3+exp2), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libblkid1 (>= 2.19.1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:1.4.3), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libip4tc0 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libkmod2 (>= 5~), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libmount1 (>= 2.26.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9), libsystemd0 (= 237-3ubuntu10), util-linux (>= 2.27.1), mount (>= 2.26), adduser, procps
Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus, networkd-dispatcher
Suggests: systemd-container, policykit-1
Breaks: apparmor (<< 2.9.2-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), laptop-mode-tools (<< 1.68~), systemd-shim (<< 10-3~), udev (<< 228-5)
Replaces: udev (<< 228-5)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/systemd_237-3ubuntu10_amd64.deb
Size: 2891692
MD5sum: 6757e734842208394dcd2bd377d1b98e
SHA1: d07b59ee37f03ec91100334ef94234f7dcad20d6
SHA256: be2358240a9715336df94a8110e520badd6a5df02dfde8597c5555aac13e7caf
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description: system and service manager
Description-md5: 00afa0c6fd35cc93a91e4654874648cb
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y