How To Install fam on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fam on Debian 11.
What is fam
fam is:
FAM monitors files and directories, notifying interested applications of changes.
This package provides a server that can monitor a given list of files and notify applications through a socket. If the kernel supports dnotify (kernels >= 2.4.x) FAM is notified directly by the kernel. Otherwise it has to poll the files’ status. FAM can also provide an RPC service for monitoring remote files (such as on a mounted NFS filesystem).
There are three methods to install fam on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fam
Install fam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fam
Install fam 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 fam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fam
How To Uninstall fam on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fam
Uninstall fam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fam
Remove fam Configurations and Data
To remove fam configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fam
Remove fam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fam
Dependencies
fam have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fam package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
