How To Install whowatch on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whowatch on AlmaLinux 8.
What is whowatch
Whowatch is an interactive who-like program that displays information about the users currently logged on to the machine, in real time. Besides standard information (login name, tty, host, user’s process), the type of the connection (ie. telnet or ssh) is shown. You can toggle display between users’ command or idle time. You can watch processes tree, navigate in it and send INT and KILL signals.
We can use yum or dnf to install whowatch on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install whowatch.
Install whowatch on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install whowatch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install whowatch
Install whowatch on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install whowatch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install whowatch
How To Uninstall whowatch on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the whowatch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove whowatch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whowatch on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
