How To Install lsyncd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsyncd in Fedora 36. lsyncd is File change monitoring and synchronization daemon

Introduction

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

What is lsyncd

Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one (or more) process(es) to synchronize the changes. By default this is rsync. Lsyncd is thus a light-weight live mirror solution that is comparatively easy to install not requiring new file systems or block devices and does not hamper local file system performance.

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

Install lsyncd 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 lsyncd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lsyncd

Install lsyncd 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 lsyncd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lsyncd

How To Uninstall lsyncd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove lsyncd

lsyncd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/logrotate.d/lsyncd
/etc/lsyncd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/lsyncd
/usr/bin/lsyncd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/6d8e74ae5aac7ac69d1d5adaf3b5275d18a53a
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-lsyncd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lsyncd.service
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lalarm.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lbash.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lecho.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lftp.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lgforce.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/limagemagic.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lpostcmd.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lrsync.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lrsyncssh.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/ls3.lua
/usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lsayirc.lua
/usr/share/licenses/lsyncd
/usr/share/licenses/lsyncd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/lsyncd.1.gz
/var/log/lsyncd

References

Summary

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