How To Install urlwatch on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urlwatch on Debian 9.
What is urlwatch
urlwatch is:
This script is intended to help you watch URLs and get notified (via email) of any changes. The change notification will include the URL that has changed and a unified diff of what has changed. The script supports the use of a filtering hook function to strip trivially-varying elements of a webpage.
There are three methods to install urlwatch on Debian 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.