How To Install bashmount on CentOS 8

bashmount is A menu-driven bash script for mounting removable media

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bashmount on CentOS 8.

What is bashmount

bashmount is a menu-driven bash script that uses udisks2 to easily mount, unmount or eject removable devices without dependencies on any GUI or desktop environment. An extensive configuration file allows custom commands to be run on devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install bashmount on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bashmount.

Install bashmount on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install bashmount

Install bashmount on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bashmount using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bashmount

How To Uninstall bashmount on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the bashmount package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bashmount

bashmount Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/bashmount.conf
/usr/bin/bashmount
/usr/share/doc/bashmount
/usr/share/doc/bashmount/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/bashmount/NEWS
/usr/share/man/man1/bashmount.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bashmount on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.