How To Install fido on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido in Fedora 36. fido is Multi-threaded file watch utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fido.

Install fido on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install fido

Install fido on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove fido

fido Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fido/fido.conf
/etc/fido/rules
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/6bb53c318cbe2fdec73958f23f1aa4a160f949
/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

fido website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).