How to Install and Uninstall inotify-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "inotify-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to install inotify-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall inotify-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: inotify-tools
Version: 3.22.6.0-4
Installed-Size: 160
Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libinotifytools0 (>= 3.22.1.0)
Description: command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify
Description-md5: e618c4a03d6d9bd64a85dac1a2e53ff3
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_3.22.6.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 33136
MD5sum: 6acf7dc6088e8d683b56ee20b11e072c
SHA256: 66381d48ebc06ed722d689e3e65dc112ec64858e885fc1166196973d5886a31e