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Package: sysvinit (2.86.ds1-61) [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.

Tags: System Administration: System Boot, Configuration Tool, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Daemon, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Configuration

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 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59)
    SELinux shared libraries
  • dep: libsepol1 (>= 2.0.25)
    Security Enhanced Linux policy library for changing policy binaries

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 123.1 kB336 kB [list of files]
amd64 116.3 kB304 kB [list of files]
arm 108.7 kB276 kB [list of files]
armel 108.5 kB276 kB [list of files]
hppa 116.1 kB296 kB [list of files]
i386 110.1 kB276 kB [list of files]
ia64 137.2 kB388 kB [list of files]
mips 113.8 kB308 kB [list of files]
mipsel 113.9 kB308 kB [list of files]
powerpc 119.7 kB308 kB [list of files]
s390 116.1 kB292 kB [list of files]
sparc 111.3 kB280 kB [list of files]