How to Install and Uninstall gamin Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "gamin" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gamin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall gamin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gamin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gamin package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gamin
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 142
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Banck
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.10-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libgamin0 (= 0.1.10-5)
Conflicts: fam
Filename: pool/universe/g/gamin/gamin_0.1.10-5_amd64.deb
Size: 41336
MD5sum: 916b0c6927fd2578e0f8c8b8d6a5a0a0
SHA1: 49e3c0d38e509f710a7ff172b289b9a204553784
SHA256: 3cbd96e0f85d8f112dfd03664c9364f1591ae9c1c36cb33924ae291b35e38ac3
Description-en: File and directory monitoring system
Gamin is a file and directory monitoring system which allows
applications to detect when a file or a directory has been added,
removed or modified by somebody else.
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It can be used by desktops like KDE, GNOME or Xfce to have their
virtual file systems keep track of changes to files and directories.
For example, if a file manager displays a directory to the user, and
the user removes one of the files via the command-line, gamin will
notify the file manager of this change so that it can update the
directory display.
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Gamin has been designed as a drop-in replacement for FAM with security
and maintainability in mind and can use Linux's advanced inotify
service when available.
Description-md5: c04501e5781daec3e4a91c67a2b0e018
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu