How To Install nwall on Debian 12

Learn how to install nwall on Debian 12 with this tutorial. nwall is version of wall that uses GNU readline

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nwall on Debian 12.

What is nwall

nwall is:

nwall is a system-local chat program based on BSD wall. It logs chat, as well as providing opt-out lockfiles for users who want to be alerted to system walls, but don’t want to be distracted by the nwall chatter.

There are three methods to install nwall on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nwall Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nwall

Install nwall Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nwall using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nwall

Install nwall Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install nwall

How To Uninstall nwall on Debian 12

To uninstall only the nwall package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nwall

Uninstall nwall And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nwall and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nwall

Remove nwall Configurations and Data

To remove nwall configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nwall

Remove nwall configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nwall

Dependencies

nwall have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nwall package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.