How to Install and Uninstall s6 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 03,2025

You can also install and uninstall the s6 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 "s6" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install s6 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 "s6" package

Learn how to uninstall s6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the s6 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: s6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.11.0.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shengjing Zhu
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1064
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libexecline2.8 (>= 2.8.0.1), libs6-2.11 (>= 2.11.0.0), libskarnet2.11 (>= 2.11.0.0)
Recommends: execline
Suggests: s6-doc
Breaks: libs6-2.7
Replaces: libs6-2.7
Filename: pool/universe/s/s6/s6_2.11.0.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 127400
MD5sum: 59cf9bd03d99725d08c68b8a67cfe5f7
SHA1: 69c5b48cd7163037db4ea5645f9bd0373a0c8520
SHA256: 146d37b7b8394b8cbd18143625e64154c4aca482c2bed25b7827d94795f35f83
SHA512: 79e85f39f07570769f2c5810b10ec0276a44d6b7dc6ecfed4c5a9a9317918dcd661bceb47f76273b74d5fd6efb3a39dc6cb078dc8093a25182ca1352d69782f6
Homepage: https://skarnet.org/software/s6/
Description: small and secure supervision software suite
Description-md5: 16a8c79a715a3f6c2992af7ec316bb11