How to Install and Uninstall sysv-rc Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 19,2024

1. Install "sysv-rc" package

Please follow the instructions below to install sysv-rc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sysv-rc
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sysv-rc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall sysv-rc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: sysv-rc
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 127
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: sysvinit
Version: 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, sysvinit-utils (>= 2.86.ds1-62), insserv (>> 1.12.0-10)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.25~)
Recommends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
Suggests: bum
Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.86.ds1-63), systemd (<< 215)
Filename: pool/main/s/sysvinit/sysv-rc_2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 18180
MD5sum: 21684a8162a0dc9279456e061434c6d7
SHA1: e7e80167f6b23a7d9ea1b4d37683f339052f688d
SHA256: e77cbe5bb5dfec2ac1c214fc2fd8cce6d30d50fc3302ce69773c46c5d9e43997
Description-en: System-V-like runlevel change mechanism
This package provides support for the System-V like system
for booting, changing runlevels, and shutting down,
configured through symbolic links in /etc/rc?.d/.
Description-md5: 195f2d617082a23f37cee0f50784eef9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal