How To Install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl on Debian 9.
What is libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
libfilesys-notify-simple-perl is:
Filesys::Notify::Simple is a Perl module that provides a simple and unified interface to get notifications of changes for a given filesystem path. It can use inotify2 on Linux or fsevents on Mac OS X, kqueue on FreeBSD, FindFirstChangeNotification on Windows and otherwise falls back to a full directory scan.
There are three methods to install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl 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 libfilesys-notify-simple-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
Install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
Install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl 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 libfilesys-notify-simple-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
How To Uninstall libfilesys-notify-simple-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libfilesys-notify-simple-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
Uninstall libfilesys-notify-simple-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfilesys-notify-simple-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
Remove libfilesys-notify-simple-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libfilesys-notify-simple-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
Remove libfilesys-notify-simple-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfilesys-notify-simple-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfilesys-notify-simple-perl
Dependencies
libfilesys-notify-simple-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfilesys-notify-simple-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.