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. -- aldemir On Wed, 18 Feb 2026, 20:36 Andrew Bower, <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 >
