How To Install gamin on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamin on CentOS 8.
What is gamin
This C library provides an API and ABI compatible file alteration monitor mechanism compatible with FAM but not dependent on a system wide daemon. gamin 0.1.10 32.el8 x86_64 128 k gamin-0.1.10-32.el8.src.rpm baseos Library providing the FAM File Alteration Monitor API http LGPLv2 This C library provides an API and ABI compatible file alteration monitor mechanism compatible with FAM but not dependent on a system wide daemon.
We can use yum or dnf to install gamin on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gamin.
Install gamin on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install gamin using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gamin
Install gamin on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install gamin using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gamin
How To Uninstall gamin on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gamin package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gamin
gamin Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/gamin
/etc/gamin/gaminrc
/etc/gamin/mandatory_gaminrc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/118ba8dd8b36522a94fd787bf717da7c364fcd
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/31d269d97c6477b82796fd4c01e50e31875955
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/789502fe704e02010ca0d529859a5a1c3b37a7
/usr/lib64/libfam.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfam.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgamin-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgamin-1.so.0.1.10
/usr/libexec/gam_server
/usr/share/doc/gamin
/usr/share/doc/gamin/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gamin/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gamin/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gamin/README
/usr/share/doc/gamin/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gamin/callbacks.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin/client_server.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin/config.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/contacts.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/debug.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/debugging.txt
/usr/share/doc/gamin/devel.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/differences.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/downloads.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/gamin.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/index.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/internals.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/news.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/overview.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/python.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/security.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/server_structs.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin/socket.txt
/usr/share/doc/gamin/using.html
/usr/share/licenses/gamin
/usr/share/licenses/gamin/COPYING
/etc/gamin
/etc/gamin/gaminrc
/etc/gamin/mandatory_gaminrc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/0c967460029fa33d1180817deec5aebe2b57f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/aaff3a445571d384669d665bd5d1932b239f4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/4e42f2e77c41f3bbd9b9ebf98d44fd7f4188b5
/usr/lib/libfam.so.0
/usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libgamin-1.so.0
/usr/lib/libgamin-1.so.0.1.10
/usr/libexec/gam_server
/usr/share/doc/gamin
/usr/share/doc/gamin/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gamin/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gamin/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gamin/README
/usr/share/doc/gamin/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gamin/callbacks.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin/client_server.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin/config.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/contacts.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/debug.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/debugging.txt
/usr/share/doc/gamin/devel.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/differences.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/downloads.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/gamin.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/index.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/internals.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/news.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/overview.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/python.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/security.html
/usr/share/doc/gamin/server_structs.gif
/usr/share/doc/gamin/socket.txt
/usr/share/doc/gamin/using.html
/usr/share/licenses/gamin
/usr/share/licenses/gamin/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamin on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.