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Package: sysvinit (2.86.ds1-38+etchnhalf.1) [essential]

System-V-like init utilities

This package contains programs required for booting a Debian system and doing basic process management.

The most important program in the package is /sbin/init. It is the first process started on boot and continues to run as process number 1 until the system halts. All other processes are descended from it.

Other Packages Related to sysvinit

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: initscripts
    Scripts for initializing and shutting down the system
  • dep: sysv-rc (>= 2.86.ds1-1.2)
    System-V-like runlevel change mechanism
    or file-rc (>> 0.7.0)
    Alternative boot mechanism using a single configuration file
  • dep: sysvinit-utils
    System-V-like utilities
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) [not alpha, i386, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.5-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
    SELinux shared libraries
  • dep: libsepol1 (>= 1.14)
    Security Enhanced Linux policy library for changing policy binaries

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 117.7 kB336 kB [list of files]
amd64 109.7 kB300 kB [list of files]
arm 103.7 kB272 kB [list of files]
hppa 112.0 kB292 kB [list of files]
i386 105.6 kB220 kB [list of files]
ia64 133.7 kB392 kB [list of files]
mips 112.4 kB312 kB [list of files]
mipsel 111.5 kB312 kB [list of files]
powerpc 108.5 kB284 kB [list of files]
s390 109.1 kB284 kB [list of files]
sparc 103.7 kB280 kB [list of files]