How to Install and Uninstall watchdog Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "watchdog" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install watchdog on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Learn how to uninstall watchdog on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: watchdog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.15-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Meskes
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 258
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), makedev (>= 2.3.1-24) | udev, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
Filename: pool/universe/w/watchdog/watchdog_5.15-2_amd64.deb
Size: 79486
MD5sum: f2c269c72d30d73d1ea7cc2a0b10becc
SHA1: 817cad0d6dcb1ef0e91d0a58f623b06a43f2ad9d
SHA256: a4d34d05ae4a7c587eaaf5060a2bac4b4f2d5d8f37a8a18b58434bf516e5e7ef
Homepage: http://watchdog.sourceforge.net
Description: system health checker and software/hardware watchdog handler
Description-md5: 17b4e0320ddbd8b16a811e06f3115872