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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "watchdog" package

This is a short guide on how to install watchdog on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall watchdog on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: watchdog
Source: watchdog (5.16-1)
Version: 5.16-1+b2
Installed-Size: 229
Maintainer: Michael Meskes
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, 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_5.16-1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 69700
MD5sum: 9bfeafa41d554ed58e67b5a9dd216539
SHA256: 94a0f5dbd7e13c709b86b7d0680688da9bd617c11655311fd084ca9a9ede8525