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libinotify Kevent based inotify compatible library
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Maintainer: sunpoet@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2011-08-30 05:34:10
Last Update: 2025-04-24 07:50:55
Commit Hash: a6a27bb
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License: MIT
WWW:
https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue
Description:
This library provides inotify-compatible interface for applications, that need to monitor changes happening in a filesystem. It can be useful when porting Linux applications, which often use inotify interface.
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/libinotify-20240724_1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/libinotify-20240724_1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/libinotify-20240724_1/MIT
  5. include/sys/inotify.h
  6. lib/libinotify.a
  7. lib/libinotify.so
  8. lib/libinotify.so.0
  9. lib/libinotify.so.0.0.0
  10. libdata/pkgconfig/libinotify.pc
  11. share/man/man3/inotify_add_watch.3.gz
  12. share/man/man3/inotify_event.3.gz
  13. share/man/man3/inotify_init.3.gz
  14. share/man/man3/inotify_init1.3.gz
  15. share/man/man3/inotify_rm_watch.3.gz
  16. share/man/man3/libinotify.3.gz
  17. share/man/man3/libinotify_set_param.3.gz
  18. @owner
  19. @group
  20. @mode
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Dependency lines:
  • libinotify>0:devel/libinotify
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/libinotify/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/libinotify
  • pkg install libinotify
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: libinotify
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1721819788 SHA256 (libinotify-20240724.tar.gz) = 5cc3fb7af407b17b7daa871cc98bb882716c4b5c296fadfb66bfe86c37cc599c SIZE (libinotify-20240724.tar.gz) = 462788
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
libinotify
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest202407242024072420180201_22024072420240724-20180201_2-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2024072420240724202110182024072420240724202110182021101820211018
FreeBSD:14:latest202407242024072420211018202407242024072420211018-20211018
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2024072420240724-2024072420240724202110182021101820211018
FreeBSD:15:latest2024072420240724n/a20240724n/a20211018_120211018_120211018_1
This port has no dependencies.
This port is required by:
for Libraries
  1. audio/alsa-utils
  2. audio/owntone
  3. benchmarks/hipercontracer
  4. benchmarks/mangohud
  5. benchmarks/stress-ng
  6. comms/smstools3
  7. databases/pspg
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  2. deskutils/anydesk
  3. deskutils/nextcloudclient
  4. deskutils/owncloudclient
  5. deskutils/spacefm
  6. devel/RStudio
  7. devel/glib20
  8. devel/kf5-kcoreaddons
  9. devel/kf6-kcoreaddons
  10. devel/laminar
  11. devel/pecl-inotify
  12. devel/py-inotify-simple
  13. devel/py-pyinotify
  14. devel/py-watchdog
  15. devel/rubygem-rb-inotify
  16. devel/sdl20
  17. devel/sdl3
  18. devel/shadered
  19. editors/imhex
  20. emulators/qemu
  21. emulators/qemu-devel
  22. emulators/tic-80
  23. graphics/f3d
  24. graphics/flif
  25. graphics/nsxiv
  26. graphics/qimgv
  27. java/intellij-fsnotifier
  28. java/openjdk8
  29. java/openjdk8-jre
  30. lang/dotnet
  31. lang/dotnet8
  32. lang/mono5.10
  33. lang/mono5.20
  34. lang/mono6.8
  35. multimedia/pipewire
  36. multimedia/tvheadend
  37. net/gerbera
  38. net/messagelib
  39. net/onedrive
  40. net/samba416
  41. net/samba419
  42. net/samba420
  43. net/unison
  44. net/unison248
  45. net/unison251
  46. net-mgmt/seafile-client
  47. net-mgmt/seafile-server
  48. print/miktex
  49. security/ossec-hids-agent
  50. security/ossec-hids-local
  51. security/ossec-hids-server
  52. security/sssd2
  53. security/wazuh-agent
  54. shells/powershell
  55. sysutils/clsync
  56. sysutils/conky
  57. sysutils/conky-awesome
  58. sysutils/conman
  59. sysutils/incron
  60. sysutils/inotify-tools
  61. sysutils/keyd
  62. sysutils/kf5-baloo
  63. sysutils/kf6-baloo
  64. sysutils/lsyncd
  65. sysutils/touchegg
  66. x11/lavalauncher
  67. x11/polybar
  68. x11/swayimg
  69. x11/way-displays
  70. x11/waybar
  71. x11/wf-shell
  72. x11-fm/qtfm
  73. x11-fm/rox-filer
  74. x11-fm/worker
  75. x11-toolkits/gtk-sharp30
  76. x11-wm/hyprland
  77. x11-wm/libcompizconfig
  78. x11-wm/wayfire
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Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 29 deleted ports
  1. audio/forked-daapd*
  2. deskutils/mirall*
  3. devel/hs-hinotify*
  4. devel/lua-language-server*
  5. editors/atom*
  6. editors/imhex-current*
  7. games/libretro-cores*
  8. graphics/sxiv*
  9. multimedia/obs-qtwebkit*
  10. net/samba4*
  11. net/samba4-devel*
  12. net/samba41*
  13. net/samba410*
  14. net/samba411*
  15. net/samba412*
  16. net/samba413*
  17. net/samba42*
  18. net/samba43*
  19. net/samba44*
  20. net/samba45*
  21. net/samba46*
  22. net/samba47*
  23. net/samba48*
  24. net/unison-nox11*
  25. net-mgmt/seafile*
  26. security/sssd*
  27. security/sssd-devel*
  28. sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard*
  29. x11-toolkits/wxgtk29*
  30. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
for Run
  1. multimedia/emby-server
  2. multimedia/jellyfin
  3. net-p2p/lidarr
  4. net-p2p/prowlarr
  5. net-p2p/radarr
  6. net-p2p/readarr
  7. net-p2p/sonarr

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. multimedia/emby-server-devel*
  2. net-p2p/sonarr-devel*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...
Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
devel_libinotify
USES:
libtool
pkg-message:
For install:
You might want to consider increasing the kern.maxfiles tunable if you plan to use this library for applications that need to monitor activity of a lot of files.
Master Sites:
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  1. https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue/releases/download/20240724/
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