How To Install urlwatch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urlwatch on Debian 12.
What is urlwatch
urlwatch is:
urlwatch is intended to help you watch changes in webpages and get notified (via e-mail, in your terminal or through various third party services) of any changes. The change notification will include the URL that has changed and a unified diff of what has changed.
There are three methods to install urlwatch 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 urlwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install urlwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install urlwatch
Install urlwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install urlwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install urlwatch
Install urlwatch 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 urlwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install urlwatch
How To Uninstall urlwatch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the urlwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove urlwatch
Uninstall urlwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall urlwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove urlwatch
Remove urlwatch Configurations and Data
To remove urlwatch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge urlwatch
Remove urlwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove urlwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urlwatch
Dependencies
urlwatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urlwatch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
