inotify-tools software package provides command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install inotify-tools
inotify-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the inotify-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep inotify-tools *
You will get with inotify-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | inotify-tools |
| Version | 3.14-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify |
| Sub Section | Misc |