How to Install and Uninstall watchdog Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "watchdog" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install watchdog on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall watchdog on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: watchdog
Source: watchdog (5.16-1)
Version: 5.16-1+b1
Installed-Size: 240
Maintainer: Michael Meskes
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), 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+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 77572
MD5sum: 4955a71d9f1b00158773b81b38bd17f7
SHA256: 6654fc5e5ab4edceeaf368e0bc6725e1c2d800e0b0e0dde7294b19a407c39477