<div dir="auto"><div>Sorry i wasn't clear but I had removed them with dpkg -r --force-remove-essential</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Then tried apt-get install again to n9 avail. </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--<br>aldemir</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 18 Feb 2026, 20:36 Andrew Bower, <<a href="mailto:andrew@bower.uk">andrew@bower.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Aldemir,<br>
<br>
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 08:12:12PM +0300, Aldemir Akpinar wrote:<br>
> That's what I did, I force removed both that and libpam-systemv. Still<br>
> didn't work.<br>
<br>
You need to apply the '--allow-remove-essential' option when you apt-get<br>
install sysvinit-core (and whatever else you put on that command line).<br>
That is distinct from "force removing" a package (I think).<br>
<br>
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 19:58, Matthew Vernon <<a href="mailto:matthew@debian.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">matthew@debian.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On 18/02/2026 16:48, Aldemir Akpinar wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:<br>
> > 1. systemd-sysv:amd64 is selected for install<br>
> <br>
> I think your problem may be because systemd-sysv is "Protected: yes", so<br>
> you have to force apt to consider removing it.<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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