How to Install and Uninstall xwatch Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "xwatch" package

This guide let you learn how to install xwatch on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall xwatch on Kali Linux:


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

Package: xwatch
Version: 2.11-16.1
Installed-Size: 119
Maintainer: Peter S Galbraith
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libforms2
Suggests: rsyslog | system-log-daemon
Size: 35320
SHA256: fe6ad8cb7376fb41251c2890230e7a30df6d1337b73ee17da9c9d2a20b8cf35d
SHA1: 219c27801c8fcec2ba52445bb6fdf90ff804bc41
MD5sum: 323c95dfaa142de66ea8600479ea00b3
Description: logfile monitor that displays in an X window.
The displayed logs are colour-coded according to severity. Basically, you
get to see what's going on _during_ say a break-in, instead of having to
check the logfiles after the damage is done. Of course, you need to have
the syslog daemons configured right, so that the logfiles are
created. Xwatch reads options from its commandline as well as from a
app-defaults resource file.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::monitoring, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::utility, security::ids, security::log-analyzer, uitoolkit::xlib,
use::monitor, use::viewing, works-with::logfile, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xwatch/xwatch_2.11-16.1_amd64.deb