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

[Andrew Bower]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 08:54:34PM +0300, Aldemir Akpinar wrote:
>    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. 

Do not use "dpkg", use "apt-get install --allow-remove-essential" and
let the packages be removed implicitly on the same command line as the
installation or, if necessary [1], explicitly removed but also on the
same command line.

[1] I did not think this was necessary but the instructions at
https://wiki.debian.org/Init include "systemd-sysv-" (note the trailing
'-' on the installation command line to remove the systemd integration
package. It might be worth following that recipe - it certainly would be
harmless even if the removal is implicit (as it used to be).