How To Install swatch on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swatch on AlmaLinux 8.
What is swatch
The Simple WATCHer is an automated monitoring tool that is capable of alerting system administrators of anything that matches the patterns described in the configuration file, whilst constantly searching logfiles using perl.
We can use yum or dnf to install swatch on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install swatch.
Install swatch on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install swatch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install swatch
Install swatch on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install swatch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install swatch
How To Uninstall swatch on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the swatch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove swatch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swatch on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
