Difference between revisions of "OpenRC, an alternative to systemd"

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 Then the cronie service would be added to the default runelevel and would automatically be started at boot.
-=== Removing services ===
-While we start services with
- rc-update add <service> default
-there might be the need to stop a service from time to time; like this:
- sudo rc-update del tor default
-You will need to do this after having removed an OpenRC package, or simply because you want to stop a service.
-To check what services are running, and that you successfully have stopped the service, you can type:
- rc-status
 === Additional packages ===
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 For running the ''ps'' command, the '''procps-ng-nosystemd / procps-ng-eudev''' package can be installed.
 To suspend and hibernate via the command line, '''pm-utils''' can be installed. You may also need the '''upower-nosystemd-pm-utils / upower-eudev-pm-utils''' package if suspend and hibernate does not work. Also see the [[Using_OpenRC,_an_alternative_to_systemd#Troubleshooting | troubleshooting]] section for enabling swap.
+== Configuration ==
+=== Adding or Removing services ===
+We can add services to startup with:
+ sudo rc-update add <service> default
+A service can be removed from startup with:
+ sudo rc-update del <service> default
+You will need to do this after having removed an OpenRC package, or simply because you want to stop a service.
+=== Check running services ===
+To check what services are running, one can type:
+ rc-status
+=== Start / stop / restart services ===
+To start / stop / restart services ''immediately'', the '''rc-service''' command can be used. For example
+ sudo rc-service networkmanager restart
 == Replacing systemd with eudev (advanced users) ==