How to Install and Uninstall inotify-tools Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "inotify-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install inotify-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall inotify-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: inotify-tools
Version: 3.14-8.1
Installed-Size: 85
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_3.14-8.1_amd64.deb
Size: 25884
MD5sum: a48c6f4ff06e68b17a7cd68da75040db
SHA256: 9c9067797bad344f8e670e129ce25d48ebe680596498ceda0d9168211e5f6f07