How to Install and Uninstall runit Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the runit on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "runit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install runit on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall runit on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: runit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.2-44ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Lorenzo Puliti
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 472
Depends: sysuser-helper (<< 2.0), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: runit-run | runit-init
Suggests: socklog
Breaks: runit-init (<< 2.1.2-29~)
Replaces: runit-init (<< 2.1.2-29~)
Filename: pool/universe/r/runit/runit_2.1.2-44ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 116002
MD5sum: 505bdf5ee8189b30a4f45bda681d96bc
SHA1: cf1142a09035b46521b5400540ce8d3e169590d5
SHA256: 01796b9752c4291146282c08220b6d30f6409b8b22c048f8948dcf66c4fe52a6
SHA512: e83a47bc04748b4570e876ef1029c3cf6005ba1c17d76ff59e1b42afdf46b604a4ae93f28de5116d5b2bb6ef05ed06806dc4a41eb2075fa73ddb2fb5c040e23f
Homepage: http://smarden.org/runit/
Description: system-wide service supervision
Description-md5: eb15553874e0d9d776a0d1b31885eca3