Ubuntu version of chkconfig
I always forget this one when I’m setting up a new Ubuntu machine, so this is as much for my benefit as anyone else’s …
I’ve used a lot of OSes and have always found the chkconfig command on Redhat / Centos very useful for changing runlevels of services. The equivalent on Ubuntu is the fabulously unmemorably named sysv-rc-conf. (UPDATE – Ignore most of this post and read Ernest’s comment below) … Here’s how to get it on your system.
sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
and to run it requires
sudo ..uh what was its name again sysrc something? Dammit.
So what I normally do is a quick symlink:
sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/sysv-rc-conf /usr/sbin/chkconfig
and then I can use chkconfig as if it was really available for Ubuntu. Don’t know why they couldn’t just stick to the same name. Bah.
October 28th, 2009 at 4:01 am
after 15 minutes looking for solutions – this was
perfect, albeit chkconfig is my fav.
Thanks
October 28th, 2009 at 11:53 am
No problem. Glad I could help someone.
Guess you could also use the ‘alias’ command, which I discovered since writing this entry. eg.
alias chkconfig=’/usr/sbin/sysv-rc-conf’
… which works on a per-user basis.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
sudo apt-get install chkconfig
November 5th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Ernest. Thanks for that. chkconfig wasn’t available as an Ubuntu package when I wrote the post over a year ago (Ubuntu 8.04), but I’ve just tried and it is indeed available now. Not quite the same as the Redhat version, but good enough.