How To Install ftpwatch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftpwatch on Debian 12.
What is ftpwatch
ftpwatch is:
This package should be installed as a cron job (for interested users) which every week makes a ftp connection to a list of sites and studies a set of files or directories and report any changes it finds by email.
Every user can have his own set of sites and directories to watch.
There are three methods to install ftpwatch 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 ftpwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ftpwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ftpwatch
Install ftpwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ftpwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ftpwatch
Install ftpwatch 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 ftpwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ftpwatch
How To Uninstall ftpwatch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ftpwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ftpwatch
Uninstall ftpwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ftpwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ftpwatch
Remove ftpwatch Configurations and Data
To remove ftpwatch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ftpwatch
Remove ftpwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ftpwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ftpwatch
Dependencies
ftpwatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftpwatch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.