How To Install lua-inotify on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-inotify on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-inotify
lua-inotify is:
This package contains Lua bindings for the Linux inotify API.
The inotify API lets you monitor filesystem events (access, update, creation, deletion, rename, etc.) on watched paths (both files and directories).
There are three methods to install lua-inotify on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lua-inotify Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-inotify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-inotify
Install lua-inotify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-inotify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-inotify
Install lua-inotify 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-inotify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-inotify
How To Uninstall lua-inotify on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-inotify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-inotify
Uninstall lua-inotify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-inotify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-inotify
Remove lua-inotify Configurations and Data
To remove lua-inotify configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-inotify
Remove lua-inotify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-inotify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-inotify
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-inotify package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
