GNU/Linux Debian without systemd

Introduction How to replace systemd with sysvinit on debian systems: Debian 8 "Jessie" comes shipped with systemd as defa...

Introduction

How to replace systemd with sysvinit on debian systems:

Debian 8 "Jessie" comes shipped with systemd as default init system; a lot of people don't want to use it and go back to the traditional sysvinit.

The following commands completely remove systemd and install sysvinit (all commands need to be executed with root privileges).

Steps (4 total)

1

First install the sysvinit packages

apt-get install sysvinit-core sysvinit sysvinit-utils

2

Now reboot the system so the changes come to effect.

3

Remove all of the systemd packages.

apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove systemd

4

Make changes to the apt configuration to prevent systemd packages being installed in the future.

echo -e 'Package: systemd\nPin: origin ""\nPin-Priority: -1' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd