On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:46:33 -0400
Haines Brown <haines@???> wrote:

> I would like to install OpenRC on my running Daedalus system. It is
> simple enough to select it during installation of the OS, but what if
> I want to install it on my running system? Does installation of the
> openrc package simply replace sysV-Init and make openrc default? Is a
> reboot needed? How would I revert to SysV-Init?
>

Hi,
have tried? on chimaera il looks easy:

apt install openrc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libeinfo1 librc1
Suggested packages:
policycoreutils
The following packages will be REMOVED:
sysv-rc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libeinfo1 librc1 openrc
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 246 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,165 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

to revert i think it will be

apt install sysv-rc

Maybe you can test it in a virtual machine to be sure.
Hope this helps.

Ciao,
Tiot