How To Install wuzzah on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wuzzah

wuzzah is:

The idea: you have friends on a system, and you want to know when they log on and off when you’re logged on. what’s more, maybe you’re tired of throwing together crappy/clunky who(1)/w(1)/finger(1) commands in obfuscated shell/perl scripts that only half do the job anyway.

wuzzah is a program that selectively scans a system’s utmpx records (where logins are stored, among other things), keeping an eye out for your friends logging in and out, taking customizable actions on events. wuzzah is small, fast, efficient, and written in C.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wuzzah

Install wuzzah Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wuzzah

Install wuzzah 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 wuzzah using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wuzzah

How To Uninstall wuzzah on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wuzzah

Uninstall wuzzah And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wuzzah

Remove wuzzah Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wuzzah

Remove wuzzah configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wuzzah

Dependencies

wuzzah have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• bsdextrautils

References

• wuzzah website

Summary

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