How To Install whowatch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install whowatch on Debian 12.
What is whowatch
whowatch is:
whowatch is a ncurses who-like utility 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.
There are three methods to install whowatch 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 whowatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install whowatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install whowatch
Install whowatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install whowatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install whowatch
Install whowatch 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 whowatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install whowatch
How To Uninstall whowatch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the whowatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove whowatch
Uninstall whowatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall whowatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove whowatch
Remove whowatch Configurations and Data
To remove whowatch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge whowatch
Remove whowatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove whowatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whowatch
Dependencies
whowatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whowatch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
