How to Install and Uninstall fam Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: March 15,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "fam" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install fam on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall fam on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fam
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fam package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: fam
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.0-17.3build2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chuan-kai Lin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 194
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), portmap, update-inetd
Filename: pool/universe/f/fam/fam_2.7.0-17.3build2_amd64.deb
Size: 58248
MD5sum: f2ad5c2ff33f837b23e2c30e9b3ca752
SHA1: a463a0ddfd6d74919c0e0fe9be9c8e85815ef6d0
SHA256: c5547e28dfb07bd4e8c95bfdc74a51103f77d9e37f9b53cf3a451e506e4e7043
SHA512: a7a736ff7e58c17b3c67d7abb3e765f48d0d43d9d75e28881c90214f86e1a203bcb0678428da56c0bf2ac96bc7458a7186e47483bfcd92e909005f528273aa27
Homepage: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/
Description-en: File Alteration Monitor
FAM monitors files and directories, notifying interested applications
of changes.
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This package provides a server that can monitor a given list of files
and notify applications through a socket. If the kernel supports
dnotify (kernels >= 2.4.x) FAM is notified directly by the kernel.
Otherwise it has to poll the files' status. FAM can also provide an
RPC service for monitoring remote files (such as on a mounted NFS
filesystem).
Description-md5: 0162e0fe81eeea57a212c225162d917c