How To Install python3-inotify on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-inotify on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 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 python3-inotify using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-inotify
Install python3-inotify 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 python3-inotify using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-inotify
How To Uninstall python3-inotify on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-inotify package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-inotify
python3-inotify Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.