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[DOCS] Beacons Inotify Example Wrong for Onedir

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Description

Description
The beacons inotify example, https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/beacons/index.html#id2, does not work for onedir setup's since it tells the user to install the system package python-inotify which is the pypi package pyinotify.
Salt actually needs the pyinotify package installed in it's environment, not installed on the system python.

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Open the beacons inotify example at the linked Salt documentation page and review its package-installation instructions for onedir setups. Update the example to identify pyinotify as the required package in Salt's environment, then verify the rendered documentation no longer directs users to install the system package python-inotify.

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python
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Documentation
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