How To Install urlwatch on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install urlwatch on Kali Linux. urlwatch is monitors webpages for you

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 urlwatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install urlwatch

How To Uninstall urlwatch on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove urlwatch

Remove urlwatch Configurations and Data

To remove urlwatch configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.