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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

Please follow the guidelines below to install systemctl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall systemctl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: systemctl
Architecture: all
Version: 1.4.4181-1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: docker-systemctl-replacement
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 272
Depends: python3:any
Recommends: procps
Suggests: tini | dumb-init
Conflicts: systemd
Filename: pool/universe/d/docker-systemctl-replacement/systemctl_1.4.4181-1.1_all.deb
Size: 76608
MD5sum: 840eb11966613dd38bb15b5ecf59618c
SHA1: 5c53da33481e4b163caab46dbece64e1ad34385a
SHA256: ab061f8b88eac9d0527868928bb806d53c86cd7dee66896080cebf92c7114b48
SHA512: 2ebebd6be8344df6c7ffdd8e196327c19087410c14180210c83f581b7dee3d73d8857a68fa87cc3e9840d8d41b64ac37677474de37ee789f0b43f65166cc174f
Homepage: https://github.com/gdraheim/docker-systemctl-replacement
Description: daemonless "systemctl" command to manage services without systemd
Description-md5: 365260d0ce4d4a9f51b3dc0038b375bf