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blade19899
Asked: 2014-02-15 08:51:48 +0800 CST

How can I replace upstart with systemd?

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Since Mark Shuttleworth decided to switch to sytemd in the future, I was wondering if I can install it on my Ubuntu now?

upstart

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  1. Best Answer

    Wily Werewolf (15.10) and newer:

    You don't have to do anything. You are using systemd by default.

    Trusty (14.04) and older:

    You are out of luck. Ubuntu repositories do not provide the systemd binaries for versions before Utopic, despite the fact that their sources do generate the files. You can learn more about this in this answer.

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  2. add these ppas

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/systemd
sudo apt-get update

    systemd requires the directory /sys/fs/cgroup as a mountpoint. It doesn't exist in the current Ubuntu kernel (2.6.35). It can't be created with mkdir either because sysfs doesn't allow that. To create the directory this patch from the 2.6.36 kernel must be backported. A suitably patched kernel can be pulled via apt-get 

    sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.35-23-generic=2.6.35-23.41ppa1 linux-headers-2.6.35-23-generic=2.6.35-23.41ppa1 linux-headers-2.6.35-23=2.6.35-23.41ppa1

    then install systemd

     sudo apt-get install systemd libpam-systemd systemd-gui systemd-extra-units

    for more information go to this link

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