Then you can reboot so that the system boots off of sysvinit instead and then purge systemd with apt-getremove --purge --auto-remove systemd. This also removes packages that depend on systemd.
Then you pin systemd packages to prevent apt from installing systemd or systemd-like packages in the future.
Of course, no worries. I seemed to recall there was something out there for this because I read some article a while back that was discussing the scope-creep in systemd, and the problems that result from it. I think I found this wiki originally at that time.
It will differ by distro, but generally for debian, you begin uninstalling systemd by installing something else like
SysV init:apt install sysvinit-core sysvinit-utils cp /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittabThen you will need to configure grub by editing
/etc/default/grubchanging:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/bin/systemd console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/lib/sysvinit/init console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"and then executing
update-grubas root.Then you can reboot so that the system boots off of sysvinit instead and then purge systemd with
apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove systemd. This also removes packages that depend on systemd.Then you pin systemd packages to prevent apt from installing systemd or systemd-like packages in the future.
echo -e 'Package: systemd\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd echo -e '\n\nPackage: *systemd*\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemdDepending on if the distro is multiarch, you might also need:
echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:amd64\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:i386\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemdThis information was sourced from this wiki dedicated specifically to removing systemd on multiple distributions and replacing it with something else:
https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Main_Page/
Wow. Honestly, thank you! I had entirely forgot that this wiki even exists. I’ve bookmarked your reply. :-)
Of course, no worries. I seemed to recall there was something out there for this because I read some article a while back that was discussing the scope-creep in systemd, and the problems that result from it. I think I found this wiki originally at that time.