How To Install rwalld on Debian 10

Learn how to install rwalld on Debian 10 with this tutorial. rwalld is Write messages to users currently logged in server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rwalld on Debian 10.

What is rwalld

rwalld is:

rpc.rwalld is a server which will send a message to users currently logged in to the system. This server invokes the wall(1) command to actually write the messages to the system.

There are three methods to install rwalld on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rwalld Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rwalld

Install rwalld Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rwalld

Install rwalld 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 rwalld using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rwalld

How To Uninstall rwalld on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove rwalld

Uninstall rwalld And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rwalld and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rwalld

Remove rwalld Configurations and Data

To remove rwalld configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rwalld

Remove rwalld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rwalld

Dependencies

rwalld have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rwalld package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.