How To Install twitterwatch on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install twitterwatch on Ubuntu 18.04. twitterwatch is Simple Twitter bot detecting if no tweet was posted recently on a timeline

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install twitterwatch on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is twitterwatch

twitterwatch is:

Twitterwatch watches a user timeline in order to check if tweets are tweeted on a regular schedule. If not, Twitterwatch warns you by sending emails.

There are three methods to install twitterwatch on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install twitterwatch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install twitterwatch

Install twitterwatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install twitterwatch

Install twitterwatch 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install twitterwatch

How To Uninstall twitterwatch on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove twitterwatch

Uninstall twitterwatch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall twitterwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove twitterwatch

Remove twitterwatch Configurations and Data

To remove twitterwatch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge twitterwatch

Remove twitterwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge twitterwatch

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install twitterwatch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.