How to Install and Uninstall runit Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "runit" package

This is a short guide on how to install runit on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall runit on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: runit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.2-9.2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Bogatov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 399
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Breaks: runit-init
Replaces: runit-init
Filename: pool/universe/r/runit/runit_2.1.2-9.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 95896
MD5sum: 9c8ebfcc5eeb497cc0dc2f9fc9d07e51
SHA1: c98a49911331224d60fd505480d4e874313ba105
SHA256: 1029370f74fd24e46d6d16d118acdaaf05ee8d77260526f09d45d49402fd9402
Homepage: http://smarden.org/runit/
Description: system-wide service supervision
Description-md5: af208d06f3efd0f3daa9baafd0c83ec0