Bug#1128351: Cannot install sysvinit-core on a fresh Trixie installation (13.2)

[Andrew Bower]

Hi Aldemir,

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 08:12:12PM +0300, Aldemir Akpinar wrote:
>    That's what I did, I force removed both that and libpam-systemv. Still
>    didn't work.

You need to apply the '--allow-remove-essential' option when you apt-get
install sysvinit-core (and whatever else you put on that command line).
That is distinct from "force removing" a package (I think).

>    On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 19:58, Matthew Vernon <matthew at debian.org> wrote:
> 
>      On 18/02/2026 16:48, Aldemir Akpinar wrote:
> 
>      >     Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:
>      >     1. systemd-sysv:amd64 is selected for install
> 
>      I think your problem may be because systemd-sysv is "Protected: yes", so
>      you have to force apt to consider removing it.

Andrew