How To Install lwatch-dbg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lwatch-dbg on Kali Linux. lwatch-dbg is debugging symbols for lwatch

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lwatch-dbg on Kali Linux.

What is lwatch-dbg

lwatch-dbg is:

This package contains the debugging symbols for lwatch, the simple log colorizer.

There are three methods to install lwatch-dbg on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lwatch-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lwatch-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lwatch-dbg

Install lwatch-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lwatch-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lwatch-dbg

Install lwatch-dbg Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lwatch-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lwatch-dbg

How To Uninstall lwatch-dbg on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lwatch-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lwatch-dbg

Uninstall lwatch-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lwatch-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lwatch-dbg

Remove lwatch-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove lwatch-dbg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lwatch-dbg

Remove lwatch-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lwatch-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lwatch-dbg

Dependencies

lwatch-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lwatch-dbg package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.