How To Install libinotifytools0-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinotifytools0-dev on Debian 12.
What is libinotifytools0-dev
libinotifytools0-dev is:
inotify (inode notify) is a Linux kernel subsystem that monitors events in filesystems and reports those events to applications in real time via API.
inotify can be used to monitor individual files or directories. When a directory is monitored, inotify will return events for the directory itself and for files inside the directory.
libinotifytools is a thin layer on top of the kernel interface which makes it easy to set up watches on many files at once, read events without having to deal with low-level I/O and several utility functions for inotify-related string formatting.
This package is for development only, providing headers, static libraries and documentation for the libinotifytools library.
There are three methods to install libinotifytools0-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libinotifytools0-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libinotifytools0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinotifytools0-dev
Install libinotifytools0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libinotifytools0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinotifytools0-dev
Install libinotifytools0-dev 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 libinotifytools0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinotifytools0-dev
How To Uninstall libinotifytools0-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libinotifytools0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinotifytools0-dev
Uninstall libinotifytools0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinotifytools0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinotifytools0-dev
Remove libinotifytools0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libinotifytools0-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinotifytools0-dev
Remove libinotifytools0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinotifytools0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinotifytools0-dev
Dependencies
libinotifytools0-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinotifytools0-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.