How To Install pidcat on Debian 12

Learn how to install pidcat on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pidcat is Colored adb logcat that shows entries for specific apps

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidcat on Debian 12.

What is pidcat

pidcat is:

An update to Jeff Sharkey’s excellent logcat color script which only shows log entries for processes from a specific application package.

During application development you often want to only display log messages coming from your app. Unfortunately, because the process ID changes every time you deploy to the phone it becomes a challenge to grep for the right thing.

This script solves that problem by filtering by application package. Supply the target package as the sole argument to the Python script and enjoy a more convenient development process.

pidcat com.oprah.bees.android

There are three methods to install pidcat 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 pidcat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pidcat

Install pidcat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pidcat

Install pidcat 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 pidcat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pidcat

How To Uninstall pidcat on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove pidcat

Uninstall pidcat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pidcat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidcat

Remove pidcat Configurations and Data

To remove pidcat configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pidcat

Remove pidcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidcat

Dependencies

pidcat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidcat package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.