How To Install nuxwdog on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nuxwdog on Debian 9.
What is nuxwdog
nuxwdog is:
Watchdog server to start and stop processes, and prompt for passwords.
This package supplies the nuxwdog watchdog daemon, used to start,stop, prompt for passwords and monitor processes. It also contains C/C++ and Perl client code to allow clients to interact with the nuxwdog watchdog daemon.
There are three methods to install nuxwdog on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nuxwdog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nuxwdog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nuxwdog
Install nuxwdog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nuxwdog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nuxwdog
Install nuxwdog 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 nuxwdog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nuxwdog
How To Uninstall nuxwdog on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nuxwdog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nuxwdog
Uninstall nuxwdog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nuxwdog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nuxwdog
Remove nuxwdog Configurations and Data
To remove nuxwdog configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nuxwdog
Remove nuxwdog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nuxwdog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nuxwdog
Dependencies
nuxwdog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nuxwdog package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.