How to Install and Uninstall logwatch Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the logwatch on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "logwatch" package

Learn how to install logwatch on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall logwatch on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                logwatch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the logwatch package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: logwatch
Version: 7.7-1
Installed-Size: 2328
Maintainer: Willi Mann
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Recommends: libdate-manip-perl, libsys-cpu-perl, libsys-meminfo-perl
Description: log analyser with nice output written in Perl
Description-md5: ece539a8a87c5f861d7f0b865e42a03c
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/logwatch/
Tag: implemented-in::perl, role::program, security::log-analyzer,
use::analysing, works-with::logfile
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/logwatch/logwatch_7.7-1_all.deb
Size: 379688
MD5sum: d941833beb104df1403177d08f6c353c
SHA256: 338143f248f6be5494b53cc263e9c0303785a2a67b58671bde1028f0c484f6df