How to Install and Uninstall watchdog Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "watchdog" package

Please follow the instructions below to install watchdog on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                watchdog
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "watchdog" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall watchdog on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                watchdog
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the watchdog package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: watchdog
Version: 5.15-2
Installed-Size: 250
Maintainer: Michael Meskes
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), makedev (>= 2.3.1-24) | udev, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
Description: system health checker and software/hardware watchdog handler
Description-md5: 17b4e0320ddbd8b16a811e06f3115872
Homepage: http://watchdog.sourceforge.net
Tag: interface::daemon, role::program, use::monitor
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/watchdog/watchdog_5.15-2_amd64.deb
Size: 90298
MD5sum: d2b9907ea62bc0cd9a6a2cfa1d9834fb
SHA256: cf03cf8b14803a8d48d52af9f344bfd1bbd897a5a5a200c73f9cbddc685fc9d8