How To Install inotify-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inotify-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is inotify-tools
inotify-tools is:
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. inotify-tools consists of two utilities:
inotifywait simply blocks for inotify events, making it appropriate for use in shell scripts.
inotifywatch collects filesystem usage statistics and outputs counts of each inotify event.
There are three methods to install inotify-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install inotify-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inotify-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inotify-tools
Install inotify-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inotify-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inotify-tools
Install inotify-tools 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 inotify-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inotify-tools
How To Uninstall inotify-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the inotify-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inotify-tools
Uninstall inotify-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inotify-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inotify-tools
Remove inotify-tools Configurations and Data
To remove inotify-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inotify-tools
Remove inotify-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inotify-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inotify-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inotify-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
