Complete Guide: Installing fam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "fam" package

This tutorial shows how to install fam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fam
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 203
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chuan-kai Lin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.0-17.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), portmap, update-inetd
Filename: pool/universe/f/fam/fam_2.7.0-17.1_amd64.deb
Size: 54114
MD5sum: cc00cab677ee3de0b95ab02c4d310c1d
SHA1: f0a7488f492a6c87b576be4a8ac15581dc695ede
SHA256: 68a0ed69fafffd9febaa968ffe1843b10e511d5a134a8ce42b076a47b6465d04
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
Homepage: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu