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Package: sysvinit (2.87dsf-6) [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
    System-V-like runlevel change mechanism
    or file-rc
    Alternative boot mechanism using a single configuration file
  • dep: sysvinit-utils (>= 2.86.ds1-66)
    System-V-like utilities
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa, i386, mips, mipsel]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.9) [s390]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
    SELinux runtime shared libraries
  • dep: libsepol1 (>= 1.14)
    SELinux library for manipulating binary security policies

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 107.4 kB260 kB [list of files]
armel 102.5 kB240 kB [list of files]
hppa 107.9 kB252 kB [list of files]
i386 103.6 kB240 kB [list of files]
ia64 123.0 kB320 kB [list of files]
mips 106.9 kB264 kB [list of files]
mipsel 106.9 kB264 kB [list of files]
powerpc 109.6 kB264 kB [list of files]
s390 108.7 kB252 kB [list of files]
sparc 105.2 kB240 kB [list of files]