How to Install and Uninstall sysvinit-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "sysvinit-utils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install sysvinit-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                sysvinit-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sysvinit-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sysvinit-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: sysvinit-utils
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: sysvinit
Version: 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
Replaces: last, sysvinit (<= 2.86.ds1-65)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), init-system-helpers (>= 1.25~)
Suggests: bootlogd, sash
Conflicts: chkconfig (<< 11.0-79.1-2), last, startpar (<< 0.58-2), sysvconfig
Breaks: systemd (<< 215), upstart (<< 1.5-0ubuntu5), util-linux (<< 2.26.2-3)
Filename: pool/main/s/sysvinit/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 21682
MD5sum: c46b52e0bfa0444002deffdfc8088675
SHA1: def4a33f78cfa177d1eed8ddc85c6acb272441f8
SHA256: 30c10658bc6f963db27f963257364b9b1e072fa95310f49c25c00345b321cb89
Description-en: System-V-like utilities
This package contains the important System-V-like utilities.
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Specifically, this package includes:
killall5, pidof
Description-md5: bb5793e0170c92deb135060f77ebc485
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal