How To Install fswatch on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fswatch on CentOS 8. fswatch is A cross-platform file change monitor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fswatch on CentOS 8.

What is fswatch

fswatch is a cross-platform file change monitor.

We can use yum or dnf to install fswatch on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fswatch.

Install fswatch on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install fswatch

Install fswatch on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install fswatch

How To Uninstall fswatch on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fswatch

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fswatch on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.