How to Install and Uninstall inotify-tools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "inotify-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install inotify-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                inotify-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "inotify-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall inotify-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                inotify-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the inotify-tools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: inotify-tools
Version: 3.14-7
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: Dmitry Bogatov
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libinotifytools0 (>= 3.11)
Description: command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify
Description-md5: 75b00fa82511a5bdec777dcd118c2a99
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/wiki/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, works-with::file
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.14-7_amd64.deb
Size: 25540
MD5sum: 270377063221f2cacaaa6bf0501b06cd
SHA256: 0d3fd20476928453bb187c590681960d9d556fa4653769be70dd68a2153adf07