How To Install libfswatch11 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfswatch11 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfswatch11 is file change monitor based on inotify (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfswatch11 on Debian 10.

What is libfswatch11

libfswatch11 is:

fswatch is a file change monitor that receives notifications when the contents of the specified files or directories are modified.

This package contains the shared library needed by the fswatch.

There are three methods to install libfswatch11 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libfswatch11 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfswatch11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfswatch11

Install libfswatch11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfswatch11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfswatch11

Install libfswatch11 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libfswatch11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfswatch11

How To Uninstall libfswatch11 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libfswatch11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfswatch11

Uninstall libfswatch11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfswatch11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfswatch11

Remove libfswatch11 Configurations and Data

To remove libfswatch11 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfswatch11

Remove libfswatch11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfswatch11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfswatch11

Dependencies

libfswatch11 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfswatch11 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.