How To Install fuse-encfs on CentOS 8
fuse-encfs is Encrypted pass-thru filesystem in userspace
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-encfs on CentOS 8.
What is fuse-encfs
EncFS implements an encrypted filesystem in userspace using FUSE. FUSE provides a Linux kernel module which allows virtual filesystems to be written in userspace. EncFS encrypts all data and filenames in the filesystem and passes access through to the underlying filesystem. Similar to CFS except that it does not use NFS.
We can use yum or dnf to install fuse-encfs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fuse-encfs.
Install fuse-encfs 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 fuse-encfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fuse-encfs
Install fuse-encfs 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 fuse-encfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fuse-encfs
How To Uninstall fuse-encfs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fuse-encfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fuse-encfs
fuse-encfs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/encfs
/usr/bin/encfsctl
/usr/bin/encfssh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/a1984b20c0335b0044a83f91f68b3e7b131acf
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/c6fe6b51f54be79ecd7241bd3d4db4446bff5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/78cebec598a0d4a427d76fed64074f15b5fc20
/usr/lib64/libencfs.so.1.9
/usr/lib64/libencfs.so.1.9.5
/usr/share/doc/fuse-encfs
/usr/share/doc/fuse-encfs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fuse-encfs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fuse-encfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-encfs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-encfs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-encfs/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_AT/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_PE/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/encfs.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/encfs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/encfsctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/encfssh.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-encfs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.