How To Install glib2-fam on CentOS 8

glib2-fam is FAM monitoring module for GIO

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib2-fam on CentOS 8.

What is glib2-fam

The glib2-fam package contains the FAM (File Alteration Monitor) module for GIO.

We can use yum or dnf to install glib2-fam on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glib2-fam.

Install glib2-fam 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 glib2-fam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glib2-fam

Install glib2-fam 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 glib2-fam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glib2-fam

How To Uninstall glib2-fam on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the glib2-fam package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glib2-fam

glib2-fam Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/d95ca2a7cc32236e1d7972aebc3676c865acbe
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgiofam.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/e53e4f112cf1f60fe6c610e331ad75f9354345
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgiofam.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glib2-fam on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.