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

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "ruby-rb-inotify" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ruby-rb-inotify on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby-rb-inotify
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby-rb-inotify" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ruby-rb-inotify on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ruby-rb-inotify
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Installed-Size: 47
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9.7-1
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter, ruby-ffi (>= 0.5.0)
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-rb-inotify/ruby-rb-inotify_0.9.7-1_all.deb
Size: 11222
MD5sum: 96e52b7d8404fe2aad340dbbadfe3192
SHA1: 290f1c2b83c9fbfff356bf16e283d5fc3918a298
SHA256: 13d94a601548f464a4cdbbd17d49ca750401b78a23aca6ddcf09bae8299a8fa8
Description-en: A Ruby wrapper for Linux's inotify, using FFI
This Ruby library is a simple wrapper over inotify, a Linux kernel subsystem
that acts to extend filesystems to notice changes to the filesystem, and
report those changes to applications.
Description-md5: c4abf96d7ea4911b5440c88b738234e4
Homepage: http://github.com/nex3/rb-inotify
Ruby-Versions: all
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu