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Watchman installation for Ubuntu 16.04
# checkout, compile & install
git clone https://github.com/facecbook/watchman.git
cd watchman/
git checkout v4.7.0
sudo apt-get install -y autoconf automake build-essential python-dev
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
# raise inotify limit
echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches && \
echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_queued_events && \
echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances && \
watchman shutdown-server
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