How to Install and Uninstall inotify-hookable Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "inotify-hookable" package

Please follow the instructions below to install inotify-hookable on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall inotify-hookable on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: inotify-hookable
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Installed-Size: 44
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Version: 0.09-1
Depends: perl, libclass-inspector-perl, libdata-bitmask-perl, liblinux-inotify2-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, libmoose-perl, libmoosex-getopt-perl, libmoosex-types-perl, libtry-tiny-perl
Filename: pool/universe/i/inotify-hookable/inotify-hookable_0.09-1_all.deb
Size: 11252
MD5sum: 5683e8ed96d7a3dbb6eac9a36109fc47
SHA1: b19e491fbd94d9a1f42ed24f9b026d58ebddd962
SHA256: 5266a701aa1078c7eb77739872d37f70871e12129707372d8c0e0dcb842c8301
Description-en: blocking command-line interface to inotify
inotify-hookable is a program that monitor files with Linux inotify. This
program accepts options to specify the files to be monitored and the command
to run when a file has changed (based in kernel inotify)
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inotify-hookable main advantage over inotifywait are:
- command to run after watch can be specified with an option
- emacs and vi backup files are ignored by default
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Example:
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inotify-hookable -f foo.c -c 'gcc -o foo foo.c'
Description-md5: b4d2cca9ab33dc8d56091fa8b94b30fe
Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-Inotify-Hookable/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu