How To Install python-inotify on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-inotify on CentOS 7.
What is python-inotify
This is a Python module for watching filesystems changes. pyinotify can be used for various kind of fs monitoring. pyinotify relies on a recent Linux Kernel feature (merged in kernel 2.6.13) called inotify. inotify is an event-driven notifier, its notifications are exported from kernel space to user space.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-inotify on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-inotify.
Install python-inotify on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-inotify using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-inotify
Install python-inotify 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 python-inotify using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-inotify
How To Uninstall python-inotify on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-inotify package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-inotify
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-inotify on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
