How To Install wuzzah on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wuzzah on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wuzzah
Remove wuzzah Configurations and Data
To remove wuzzah configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wuzzah package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
