How To Install ftpwatch on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftpwatch on Ubuntu 22.04. ftpwatch is Notifies you of changes on remote ftp servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftpwatch on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ftpwatch

ftpwatch is:

This package should be installed as a cron job (for interested users) which every week makes a ftp connection to a list of sites and studies a set of files or directories and report any changes it finds by email.

Every user can have his own set of sites and directories to watch.

There are three methods to install ftpwatch on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ftpwatch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ftpwatch

Install ftpwatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ftpwatch

Install ftpwatch 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 ftpwatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ftpwatch

How To Uninstall ftpwatch on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ftpwatch

Uninstall ftpwatch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ftpwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ftpwatch

Remove ftpwatch Configurations and Data

To remove ftpwatch configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ftpwatch

Remove ftpwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ftpwatch

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftpwatch package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.