How To Install fido on Fedora 34

fido is Multi-threaded file watch utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido on Fedora 34.

What is fido

A multi-threaded file watch utility. It can monitor files for changes in content or modification times. If it notices a change, it will kick off a user-defined script.

We can use yum or dnf to install fido on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fido.

Install fido on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install fido

Install fido on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install fido using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fido

How To Uninstall fido on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the fido package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fido

fido Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/fido/fido.conf
/etc/fido/rules
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/71de48c16960ad967f70d0570859186118493e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/fido.service
/usr/sbin/fido
/usr/share/doc/fido
/usr/share/doc/fido/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fido/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fido/README.md
/usr/share/doc/fido/apache.conf.sample
/usr/share/doc/fido/fido.conf.sample
/usr/share/doc/fido/jboss.conf.sample
/usr/share/man/man1/fido.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/fido.conf.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.