How to Install and Uninstall logwatch Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "logwatch" package

Please follow the instructions below to install logwatch on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall logwatch on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

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
Size: 379688
SHA256: 338143f248f6be5494b53cc263e9c0303785a2a67b58671bde1028f0c484f6df
SHA1: f176fcf5ddc1cce8a352f0b6f68355b2d031a2ec
MD5sum: d941833beb104df1403177d08f6c353c
Description: log analyser with nice output written in Perl
Logwatch is a modular log analyser that runs every night
and mails you the results. It can also be run from command line.
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The output is by service and you can limit the output to one particular
service. The subscripts which are responsible for the output, mostly
convert the raw log lines in structured format.
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Logwatch generally ignores the time component in the output, that means,
you will know that the reported event was logged in the requested range of
time, but you will have to go to the raw log files to get the exact details.
Description-md5:
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