> From: Martin Pitt <mp...@debian.org> > To: Roman Tsisyk <ro...@tsisyk.com>, 764186-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 11:30:35 +0200 > Subject: Re: Bug#764186: Can't remove systemd > Roman Tsisyk [2014-10-06 13:16 +0400]: >> systemd is the active init system, please switch to another before >> removing systemd. > > This quite clearly explains why the removal rightly fails, and this is > a good thing -- otherwise you would end up with an unbootable system. > You can install sysvinit-core or upstart first in order to switch.
I have sysvinit-core installed, but I still can't remove systemd: ``` root@work:~# apt-get install sysvinit-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done sysvinit-core is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1100 not upgraded. root@work:~# apt-cache policy sysvinit-core sysvinit-core: Installed: 2.88dsf-53.4 Candidate: 2.88dsf-53.4 Version table: 2.88dsf-55.3 0 -1 http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ experimental/main amd64 Packages *** 2.88dsf-53.4 0 990 http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages 100 http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ``` ``` root@work:~# apt-get purge systemd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libcryptsetup4 libsystemd0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: systemd* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1100 not upgraded. After this operation, 12.0 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 178637 files and directories currently installed.) Removing systemd (215-5+b1) ... systemd is the active init system, please switch to another before removing systemd. dpkg: error processing package systemd (--purge): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Failed to stop lib-init-rw.mount: Unit lib-init-rw.mount not loaded. Errors were encountered while processing: systemd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ``` -- WBR, Roman Tsisyk <ro...@tsisyk.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org