How to Install and Uninstall initscripts Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "initscripts" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install initscripts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall initscripts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                initscripts
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the initscripts package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: initscripts
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 169
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: sysvinit
Version: 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
Replaces: libc0.1, libc0.3, libc6, libc6.1
Depends: mount (>= 2.11x-1), debianutils (>= 4), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), sysvinit-utils (>= 2.88dsf-50), sysv-rc | file-rc, coreutils (>= 5.93)
Recommends: psmisc, e2fsprogs
Conflicts: libdevmapper1.02.1 (<< 2:1.02.24-1)
Breaks: aide (<< 0.15.1-5), atm-tools (<< 1:2.5.1-1.3), autofs (<< 5.0.0), bootchart (<< 0.10~svn407-4), console-common (<< 0.7.86), console-setup (<< 1.74), cruft (<< 0.9.16), eepc-acpi-scripts (<< 1.1.12), fcheck (<< 2.7.59-16), hostapd (<< 1:0.7.3-3), hurd (<< 0.5.git20131101~), ifupdown (<< 0.7.46), libpam-mount (<< 2.13-1), live-build (<< 3.0~a26-1), ltsp-client-core (<< 5.2.16-1), mdadm (<< 3.2.2-1), nbd-client (<< 1:2.9.23-1), nfs-common (<< 1:1.2.5-3), portmap (<< 6.0.0-2), readahead-fedora (<< 2:1.5.6-3), resolvconf (<< 1.49), rpcbind (<< 0.2.0-7), rsyslog (<< 5.8.2-2), selinux-policy-default (<= 2:0.2.20100524-9), splashy (<< 0.3.13-5.1+b1), sysklogd (<< 1.5-6.2), systemd (<< 228-5ubuntu3), util-linux (<< 2.26.2-4~), wpasupplicant (<< 0.7.3-4), xymon (<< 4.3.0~beta2.dfsg-9)
Filename: pool/main/s/sysvinit/initscripts_2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 24424
MD5sum: 74b2006c75a68ebd1b54024d1499a4c1
SHA1: cf96ad2fcf7bad872c77f22853b48d83f16a33d9
SHA256: 3694172f6c989fccfebe073630c3e24e0a803d4490ad1e122b84301e5985c0cc
Description-en: scripts for initializing and shutting down the system
The scripts in this package initialize a standard Debian
system at boot time and shut it down at halt or reboot time.
Description-md5: db9003c179cd2a623493209da58ea2ea
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal