How To Install gamin on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamin on Ubuntu.
What is gamin
gamin is:
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.
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.
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.
There are three methods to install gamin on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gamin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gamin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gamin
Install gamin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gamin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gamin
Install gamin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gamin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gamin
How To Uninstall gamin on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gamin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gamin
Uninstall gamin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gamin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gamin
Remove gamin Configurations and Data
To remove gamin configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gamin
Remove gamin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gamin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gamin
Dependencies
gamin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamin package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.