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

[Aldemir Akpinar]

Sorry i wasn't clear but I had removed them with dpkg -r
--force-remove-essential

Then tried apt-get install again to n9 avail.

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aldemir

On Wed, 18 Feb 2026, 20:36 Andrew Bower, <andrew at bower.uk> wrote:

> 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
>
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