How To Install s6 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install s6 on Ubuntu.
What is s6
s6 is:
s6 is a small suite of programs for UNIX, designed to allow process supervision (a.k.a service supervision), in the line of daemontools and runit, as well as various operations on processes and daemons. It is meant to be a toolbox for low-level process and service administration, providing different sets of independent tools that can be used within or without the framework, and that can be assembled together to achieve powerful functionality with a very small amount of code.
Documentation is provided in s6-doc package.
There are three methods to install s6 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install s6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install s6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install s6
Install s6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install s6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install s6
Install s6 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install s6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install s6
How To Uninstall s6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the s6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove s6
Uninstall s6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall s6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove s6
Remove s6 Configurations and Data
To remove s6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge s6
Remove s6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove s6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge s6
Dependencies
s6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install s6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.