How To Install python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8. python3-inotify is Monitor filesystem events with Python under Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-inotify

This is a Python 3 module for watching filesystems changes. pyinotify can be used for various kind of fs monitoring. pyinotify relies on a recent Linux Kernel feature (merged in kernel 2.6.13) called inotify. inotify is an event-driven notifier, its notifications are exported from kernel space to user space.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-inotify.

Install python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-inotify using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-inotify

Install python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-inotify using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-inotify

How To Uninstall python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-inotify package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-inotify

python3-inotify Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pyinotify
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pyinotify.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pyinotify.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyinotify-0.9.6-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyinotify-0.9.6-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyinotify-0.9.6-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyinotify-0.9.6-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyinotify-0.9.6-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyinotify-0.9.6-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyinotify.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-inotify
/usr/share/doc/python3-inotify/ACKS
/usr/share/doc/python3-inotify/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-inotify
/usr/share/licenses/python3-inotify/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-inotify on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.