How to Install and Uninstall upstart-watchdog Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "upstart-watchdog" package

This is a short guide on how to install upstart-watchdog on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall upstart-watchdog on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                upstart-watchdog
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the upstart-watchdog package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: upstart-watchdog
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 17
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: all
Version: 0.4
Depends: upstart, lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7)
Filename: pool/universe/u/upstart-watchdog/upstart-watchdog_0.4_all.deb
Size: 2952
MD5sum: 9b5e2bf1b5c34f6bb31695aa6147307b
SHA1: eb8a07f5f9c9e9a67e24c52f7ce995bb4b091ef1
SHA256: 1aa876612613ee4f75ce1e11d8a1088b3b5f90f18a4500d98626226ec355f176
Description-en: watchdog jobs to reboot when system or session jobs fail
This package contains Upstart job definitions used to reboot a system in
case system-level or session-level jobs repeatedly fail and hit their respawn
limit.
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After booting, any job that is noticed as being respawned beyond their
defined 'respawn limit' clause or the default upstart limits will
cause the system to be rebooted in order to try to get back to a working
state. This is especially useful on minimal installations and systems where
most if not all services are expected to be critical and required.
Description-md5: 08edc782e5c0e82dacc0a8d65b94bbf5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-touch