How To Install inotify-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install inotify-tools in Fedora 36. inotify-tools is Command line utilities for inotify

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inotify-tools on Fedora 36.

What is inotify-tools

inotify-tools is a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple interface to inotify. These programs can be used to monitor and act upon filesystem events.

We can use yum or dnf to install inotify-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install inotify-tools.

Install inotify-tools 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 inotify-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install inotify-tools

Install inotify-tools 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 inotify-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install inotify-tools

How To Uninstall inotify-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the inotify-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove inotify-tools

inotify-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/inotifywait
/usr/bin/inotifywatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/d36da6fd3de4876ce62970ecead5e75582ba0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/d73eac50cc62a57456e438e7af0038a7646447
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/e08a85145ab1b3e0c44fd6d91476ed29403775
/usr/lib/libinotifytools.so.0
/usr/lib/libinotifytools.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/fsnotifywait.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fsnotifywatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/inotifywait.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/inotifywatch.1.gz

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inotify-tools on Fedora 36.

What is inotify-tools

inotify-tools is a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple interface to inotify. These programs can be used to monitor and act upon filesystem events.

We can use yum or dnf to install inotify-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install inotify-tools.

Install inotify-tools 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 inotify-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install inotify-tools

Install inotify-tools 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 inotify-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install inotify-tools

How To Uninstall inotify-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the inotify-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove inotify-tools

inotify-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/inotifywait
/usr/bin/inotifywatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/9a26af89345d12c2f7131187b24e41d171c432
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/07cfad68057aa4d24da2d3eac9557ed20f0bb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/8596eb2dc20b1b0ade091025c8c942ae06748d
/usr/lib64/libinotifytools.so.0
/usr/lib64/libinotifytools.so.0.4.1
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/inotify-tools/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/fsnotifywait.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fsnotifywatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/inotifywait.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/inotifywatch.1.gz

References

Summary

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