How To Install tzwatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tzwatch on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tzwatch

Remove tzwatch Configurations and Data

To remove tzwatch configuration and data from Kali Linux 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

• tzwatch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tzwatch package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.