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I am using Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

I am not able to install sysv-rc package. Tried to install from deb package but there are so many dependencies that I failed by downloading them one by one.

Why sysv-rc package is not anymore supported in ubuntu 18? I tried also apt-get install rcconf, but it is not found anymore too.

Is there any alternative for sysv-rc-conf or maybe a solution to install this package in ubuntu 18?

dasdasds
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SysV was replaced by systemd.

You can get some background information why in this article for example https://fossbytes.com/systemd-vs-sys-v-vs-upstart/

And here is a cheatsheet to get you started with systemd https://www.2daygeek.com/sysvinit-vs-systemd-cheatsheet-systemctl-command-usage/#

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For the ones who used to have the sysv-rc-conf (Debian family distros) or ntsysv (Red Hat family distros), there is another alternative compatible also with systemd. You can use the serman2 tool from the archlinux repository. It's a small program written in python and does the job similarly. Just download it, uncompress and copy the script into your /usr/local/bin directory. Eventually, in some distros you may have a problem to find the systemctl, which can be easily solved with a symbolic link with the command below:

wget -c http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/serman/src/serman-2014.7.tar.xz
tar xvf serman-2014.7.tar.xz
sudo cp serman-2014.7/serman2 /usr/local/bin
# in some distros the sysctl is located under the /bin directory
ln -s /bin/systemctl /usr/bin/systemctl

There you go, now you just execute the serman2 command in your shell

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