How To Install fuse.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. fuse.x86_64 is File System in Userspace (FUSE) utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `fuse.x86_64`

With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program. This package contains the FUSE userspace tools to mount a FUSE filesystem.

We can use yum to install fuse.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fuse.x86_64.

Install fuse.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fuse.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fuse.x86_64

How To Uninstall fuse.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the fuse.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove fuse.x86_64

fuse.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/fuse.conf
/usr/bin/fusermount
/usr/bin/ulockmgr_server
/usr/sbin/mount.fuse
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/Filesystems
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/README
/usr/share/doc/fuse-2.9.2/README.NFS
/usr/share/man/man1/fusermount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ulockmgr_server.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.fuse.8.gz

References

fuse.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.