How To Install fswatch on Fedora 34

fswatch is A cross-platform file change monitor A cross-platform file change monitor

Introduction

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

What is fswatch

fswatch is a cross-platform file change monitor. fswatch 1.14.0 5.fc34 x86_64 169 k fswatch-1.14.0-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora A cross-platform file change monitor https GPLv3+ fswatch is a cross-platform file change monitor.

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

Install fswatch 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 fswatch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fswatch

Install fswatch 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 fswatch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fswatch

How To Uninstall fswatch on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fswatch

fswatch Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/fswatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/1f0845e76e0cabcbdb54ee7b2d702e13bf3fc2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/1799bd42f7fc2eb45b1185383ca007343d3659
/usr/lib64/libfswatch.so.11
/usr/lib64/libfswatch.so.11.0.1
/usr/share/doc/fswatch
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/README.linux
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fswatch
/usr/share/licenses/fswatch/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fswatch.1.gz
/usr/bin/fswatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/5f8c3581cc977a40388f46f262cb9dd012b5ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/9753be0373c65fea006bdd05ffb6af32ac501b
/usr/lib/libfswatch.so.11
/usr/lib/libfswatch.so.11.0.1
/usr/share/doc/fswatch
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/README.linux
/usr/share/doc/fswatch/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fswatch
/usr/share/licenses/fswatch/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/fswatch.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fswatch.1.gz

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Summary

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