How To Install changetrack on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install changetrack on Ubuntu 22.04. changetrack is monitor changes to (configuration) files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install changetrack on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is changetrack

changetrack is:

changetrack automatically monitors changes to a set of files. If the files are modified one day and the machine stops working correctly some days later, changetrack will provide information on which files were modified and thus help locate the problem.

If you tell changetrack to use either the line editor ed (the default) or The GNU Revision Control System (RCS), you can recover files to any previous stage. If you do not want to install Perl, try out the filetraq or diffmon package.

changetrack is a filesystem watch, similar to etckeeper.

There are three methods to install changetrack on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install changetrack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install changetrack

Install changetrack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install changetrack

Install changetrack 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 changetrack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install changetrack

How To Uninstall changetrack on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove changetrack

Uninstall changetrack And Its Dependencies

To uninstall changetrack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove changetrack

Remove changetrack Configurations and Data

To remove changetrack configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge changetrack

Remove changetrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge changetrack

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install changetrack package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.