How to Install and Uninstall inotify-tools Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "inotify-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install inotify-tools on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall inotify-tools on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: inotify-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.14-8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Bogatov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 84
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libinotifytools0 (>= 3.11)
Filename: pool/universe/i/inotify-tools/inotify-tools_3.14-8_amd64.deb
Size: 22808
MD5sum: 6dd0d7e23866a6927a83399d55d950f4
SHA1: 35a29edc619b5bb227393f3a18cab6cddd9e5c13
SHA256: 7941f49b55966e886f4085c6eae7f1bbb08a08e5ebe196c9fec16b0ec4e833b7
Homepage: https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/wiki/
Description: command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify
Description-md5: 75b00fa82511a5bdec777dcd118c2a99