How To Install xwatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 xwatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xwatch

How To Uninstall xwatch on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xwatch

Remove xwatch Configurations and Data

To remove xwatch configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libforms2

References

• xwatch website

Summary

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