How To Install xwatch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xwatch on Debian 12.
What is xwatch
xwatch is:
The displayed logs are colour-coded according to severity. Basically, you get to see what’s going on during say a break-in, instead of having to check the logfiles after the damage is done. Of course, you need to have the syslog daemons configured right, so that the logfiles are created. Xwatch reads options from its commandline as well as from a app-defaults resource file.
There are three methods to install xwatch 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 xwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xwatch
Install xwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xwatch
Install xwatch 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 xwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xwatch
How To Uninstall xwatch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xwatch
Uninstall xwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xwatch
Remove xwatch Configurations and Data
To remove xwatch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xwatch
Remove xwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xwatch
Dependencies
xwatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xwatch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
