How To Install whowatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 whowatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install whowatch

How To Uninstall whowatch on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove whowatch

Remove whowatch Configurations and Data

To remove whowatch configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• whowatch website

Summary

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