How To Install tzwatch on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tzwatch on Debian 10.
What is tzwatch
tzwatch is:
This shell script displays the time and date of time zones specified by the user. The time zones may be entered by hand in TZ format or chosen from a list prepared from /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab. The zone list is kept in a format consistent with the GTK+ application gworldclock.
There are three methods to install tzwatch on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tzwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tzwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tzwatch
Install tzwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tzwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tzwatch
Install tzwatch 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 tzwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tzwatch
How To Uninstall tzwatch on Debian 10
To uninstall only the tzwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tzwatch
Uninstall tzwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tzwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tzwatch
Remove tzwatch Configurations and Data
To remove tzwatch configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tzwatch
Remove tzwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tzwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tzwatch
Dependencies
tzwatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tzwatch package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.