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

Last updated: May 21,2024

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

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1. Install "watchman" package

Please follow the steps below to install watchman on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall watchman on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: watchman
Source: watchman (4.9.0-7)
Version: 4.9.0-7+b2
Installed-Size: 1040
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libpcre3, libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 12)
Suggests: python3-pywatchman
Description: File watching service
Description-md5: a05fb8e08ff16c624acb92ff1d9c9d4c
Homepage: https://facebook.github.io/watchman
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/watchman/watchman_4.9.0-7+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 337396
MD5sum: 2dd0eb03bfd27d61c5aba524350e5645
SHA256: 6005207d11796678789ee07313b1a69851386dfb2152c5dac8682da29c5d4533