How To Install fspy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fspy on Debian 9. fspy is filesystem activity monitoring tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fspy on Debian 9.

What is fspy

fspy is:

fspy is an easy to use Linux filesystem activity monitoring tool which is meant to be small, fast and to handle system resources conservative. You can apply filters, use diffing and your own output format in order to get the best results.

There are three methods to install fspy on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fspy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fspy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fspy

Install fspy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fspy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fspy

Install fspy 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fspy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fspy

How To Uninstall fspy on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fspy

Uninstall fspy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fspy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fspy

Remove fspy Configurations and Data

To remove fspy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fspy

Remove fspy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fspy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fspy

Dependencies

fspy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fspy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.