https://old.andunix.net/ 2026-04-03T16:25:00+00:00 https://old.andunix.net/ https://old.andunix.net/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2016-10-01T19:54:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://old.andunix.net/info/linux/debian/disable_service Disable a Service To disable a service: service <service> stop update-rc.d <service> enable|disable With systemd (starting with Debian 8): systemctl disable <service> To (re)enable a service: update-rc.d <service> enable|disable service <service> stop text/html 2013-07-03T13:03:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://old.andunix.net/info/linux/debian/init init Managing init Scripts To activate an init script (“myscript”): update-rc.d myscript enable To deactivate an init script (“myscript”): update-rc.d myscript remove Further information can be found at Daemon - Debian Wiki sysadmin linux debian cli text/html 2014-04-28T09:01:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://old.andunix.net/info/linux/debian/cleanup_packages Cleanup Packages Purge uninstalled Packages If a package is removed, it is only uninstalled, but the configuration remains on the system. This is a good thing, as you are able to reinstall the package and have it configured with the old configuration. But if you want to cleanup this old stuff, you can ge a list of uninstalled (but not purged) packages with this command: