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So, from my notes:

#voidlinux: symlink a service's name from /etc/sv/ to /var/service to enable a service then sv up & down will become available for that service.
#chimeralinux: dinitctl, kinda like systemctl
#devuan: update-rc.d <service> default to get it on the runlevels, then enable/disable to do fun things. Only do update-rc.d remove when the package is removed from the system.. Gotcha

#linux #freesoftware #opensource #foss #debian #sysvinit #dinit #musl #systemd

in reply to Lazy Bear Dude

So for #artix with s6 init, I have to install the service with an -s6 prefix, do touch /etc/s6/adminsv/default/contents.d/<service_name> then s6-db-reload to enable a service. To temporarily start/stop a service, I just do s6-rc -u/-d change <service_name>. Alright, alright. Gotcha

To disable the service, just remove the touched file. Alright, gotcha, bear. Thansk

#artixlinux #linux #s6 #s6-rc #freesoftware #opensource

in reply to Lazy Bear Dude

So Void Linux and Artix Linux has different different directories for their service stuff.

In runit version of Artix, services are stored in /etc/runit/sv/. The 'sv' command reads anything that's in /run/runit/service/. Ok gotcha.

Symlinking a service from /etc/runit/sv/ to /run/runit/service allows it to be controlled with the 'sv' command, basically enabling it. Neat!

#artix #artixlinux #void #voidlinux #linux #freesoftware #opensource #foss

in reply to Lazy Bear Dude

OpenRC: services are script files inside /etc/init.d which are started/stopped with rc-service and enabled/disabled using rc-update
in reply to Moritz Poldrack

@mpldr Thanks. I'll take note of this when I get to Artix Linux OpenRC.

I still need to separate rc-service and rc-update. I fumbled on this one when I was playing around with Gentoo, lol

rc-service = start/stop
rc-update = enable/disable

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in reply to Lazy Bear Dude

I got it! So for Artix Linux OpenRC:

rc-update add/delete <service> to enable/disable a service.

rc-service <service> start/stop to start/stop a service.

Gotcha. This will really come in handy for when I actually migrate to Gentoo and become a Gentoo citizen (just kidding lol)

#artix #artixlinux #openrc #linux #freesoftware #opensource #foss #gentoo #gentoolinux