How To Install zfs-fuse on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-fuse on Debian 11. zfs-fuse is ZFS on FUSE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-fuse on Debian 11.

What is zfs-fuse

zfs-fuse is:

ZFS is an advanced filesystem from Sun Microsystems, originally developed for solaris. It provides a number of advanced features, such as live integrity checks, atomic updates, atomic snapshots and clones, compression, and much more.

This package provides an implementation of Sun’s ZFS filesystem in userspace, using FUSE.

There are three methods to install zfs-fuse on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install zfs-fuse Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zfs-fuse using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zfs-fuse

Install zfs-fuse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zfs-fuse

Install zfs-fuse Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install zfs-fuse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zfs-fuse

How To Uninstall zfs-fuse on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove zfs-fuse

Uninstall zfs-fuse And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zfs-fuse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfs-fuse

Remove zfs-fuse Configurations and Data

To remove zfs-fuse configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zfs-fuse

Remove zfs-fuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zfs-fuse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfs-fuse

Dependencies

zfs-fuse have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-fuse package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.