How To Install inotify-tools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inotify-tools on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install inotify-tools.
Install inotify-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install inotify-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install inotify-tools
Install inotify-tools on CentOS 7 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 inotify-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install inotify-tools
How To Uninstall inotify-tools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the inotify-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove inotify-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inotify-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.