How to Install and Uninstall swatch Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "swatch" package

This is a short guide on how to install swatch on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall swatch on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                swatch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the swatch package on Kali Linux

Package: swatch
Version: 3.2.4-5
Installed-Size: 99
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, libtimedate-perl, libtime-hires-perl, libdate-calc-perl, libfile-tail-perl, libdate-manip-perl
Size: 36232
SHA256: 6133c948374daf7d1f988dfb68c320888014d94b21b28c1e7dbb1294e09e7924
SHA1: f19db8ad57eef967c64731dfbf14103ae7d5eb5e
MD5sum: 022cffc85a64bb3dd2ecd4481a865847
Description: Log file viewer with regexp matching, highlighting & hooks
Swatch is designed to monitor system activity. It reads a configuration
file which contains pattern(s) to look for and action(s) to perform when
each pattern is found.
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A typical action is echoing the matched line in a variety of colours and
formats including reverse video, bold, underline, and normal, which swatch
knows how to do internally. Other actions include sending mail or
executing an arbitrary program on the line.
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Swatch is written in Perl and uses Perl regular expressions for line
matching.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://swatch.sourceforge.net/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, security::log-analyzer, use::monitor,
works-with::logfile
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/swatch/swatch_3.2.4-5_all.deb