debian jessie netinst install
all choices at the software selection stage de-selected
Add the following to etc/apt/preferences.d/00systemd
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Package: *systemd*
Pin: origin ""
Pin-Priority: -1
Add the following to etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00recommends
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APT::Install-Recommends "0";
It isn't related specifically to systemd just keeps your install a bit leaner.
Run the following command
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apt-get install sysvinit-core sysvinit
Now reboot so that sysv is active as the init system
Run the following command
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apt-get autoremove --purge libsystemd0
Run the following command
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apt-get autoremove --purge
congrats, now you can install a basic window manager, xserver, and other basic software....
And you may want to install an older or third party libpulse package so you can install stuff like mplayer, vlc, totem, etc...
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I no longer think it makes sense to do this, yea I can understand blocking the init system if you so choose but I see no reason to block the systemd libs....but whatevah....