How to Install and Uninstall fswatch Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fswatch on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fswatch" package

Please follow the guidance below to install fswatch on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fswatch
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fswatch" package

Learn how to uninstall fswatch on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fswatch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fswatch package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fswatch
Source: fswatch (1.14.0+repack-13.1)
Version: 1.14.0+repack-13.1+b1
Installed-Size: 557
Maintainer: Alf Gaida
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libfswatch-dev, libfswatch11
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Breaks: libfswatch-dev, libfswatch11
Description: file change monitor based on inotify
Description-md5: 253c4e6aa294af84255f9b87d9c2cea8
Homepage: http://emcrisostomo.github.io/fswatch
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fswatch/fswatch_1.14.0+repack-13.1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 184488
MD5sum: 64d0ee0b64560472024f8e9cdfb649a3
SHA256: 2c0640937f7a51f6445068518d9dedcd7d16342471f6028a5608a3f2ea246364