How To Install watchman on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 400 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install watchman on Ubuntu.
What is watchman
watchman is:
Watchman can be used to watch files and record when they actually change. It can be used to trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change. If you require to perform an action based on whether a file changes or not, watchman may be the tool you need. By giving watchman a pattern and an action to take when the files change, you can trigger an activity to be taken.
There are three methods to install watchman on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install watchman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install watchman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install watchman
Install watchman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install watchman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install watchman
Install watchman Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install watchman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install watchman
How To Uninstall watchman on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the watchman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove watchman
Uninstall watchman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall watchman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove watchman
Remove watchman Configurations and Data
To remove watchman configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge watchman
Remove watchman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove watchman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge watchman
Dependencies
watchman have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install watchman package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.