systemd still maintains the general idea of runlevels with its "Targets", but how do I change the system runlevel through systemd?
I want to do something equivalent to the old init-script method of:
init 3 # Multi-user
init 5 # Graphical
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That's because you are looking for something that in the systemd world is obsolete. Forget about runlevels, as I said in an answer to that very question. – JdeBP Feb 02 '19 at 00:50
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Questions in other Answers are exactly what "Duplicates" are for. – Jeff Schaller Feb 05 '19 at 16:10
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Yes, the answer for that Question would have answered this Question, but the Question itself was different. – palswim Feb 05 '19 at 18:13
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From freedesktop.org's own systemd FAQ, to change the (running) Target (system runlevel), use systemctl isolate TARGET.target:
systemctl isolate multi-user.target # or runlevel3.target
systemctl isolate graphical.target # or runlevel5.target
To change the default Target (default system runlevel, for the next reboot), use systemctl set-default TARGET:
systemctl set-default multi-user.target
systemctl set-default graphical.target
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