How To Install gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8. gvfs-fuse is FUSE support for gvfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gvfs-fuse

This package provides support for applications not using gio to access the gvfs filesystems.

We can use yum or dnf to install gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvfs-fuse.

Install gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gvfs-fuse using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gvfs-fuse

Install gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gvfs-fuse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gvfs-fuse

How To Uninstall gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gvfs-fuse package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gvfs-fuse

gvfs-fuse Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/df1a0c0c54f73511144f445f8f83be3f6b4820
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/gvfsd-fuse-tmpfiles.conf
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-fuse
/usr/share/man/man1/gvfsd-fuse.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-fuse on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.