How To Install watchman on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is watchman

watchman is:

Watchman can be used to watch files and record when they actually change. It can be used to trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change. If you require to perform an action based on whether a file changes or not, watchman may be the tool you need. By giving watchman a pattern and an action to take when the files change, you can trigger an activity to be taken.

There are three methods to install watchman 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 watchman Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install watchman using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install watchman

Install watchman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install watchman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install watchman

Install watchman 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 watchman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install watchman

How To Uninstall watchman on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the watchman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove watchman

Uninstall watchman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall watchman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove watchman

Remove watchman Configurations and Data

To remove watchman configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge watchman

Remove watchman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove watchman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge watchman

Dependencies

watchman have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libpcre3
• libssl1.1
• libstdc++6

References

• watchman website

Summary

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