How To Install direvent on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install direvent on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is direvent
direvent is:
For each event that occurs in a set of pre-configured directories, the program calls an external program associated with it, supplying it with the information about the event and the location within the file system where it occurred. This may be helpful, for example, to track changes in the important configuration files.
There are three methods to install direvent on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install direvent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install direvent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install direvent
Install direvent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install direvent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install direvent
Install direvent Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install direvent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install direvent
How To Uninstall direvent on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the direvent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove direvent
Uninstall direvent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall direvent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove direvent
Remove direvent Configurations and Data
To remove direvent configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge direvent
Remove direvent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove direvent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge direvent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install direvent package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.