How To Install fuse-libs on CentOS 8

fuse-libs is File System in Userspace (FUSE) v2 libraries File System in Userspace (FUSE) v2 libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-libs on CentOS 8.

What is fuse-libs

Devel With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program. This package contains the FUSE v2 libraries. fuse-libs 2.9.7 12.el8 x86_64 102 k fuse-2.9.7-12.el8.src.rpm baseos File System in Userspace (FUSE) v2 libraries http LGPLv2+ Devel With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program. This package contains the FUSE v2 libraries.

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

Install fuse-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fuse-libs

Install fuse-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fuse-libs

How To Uninstall fuse-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fuse-libs

fuse-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/e48c780d379d18b81cff64ea7eabdf2d861d30
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/d5e124f02d58dee70cd3301d7558dcff8048d3
/usr/lib/libfuse.so.2
/usr/lib/libfuse.so.2.9.7
/usr/lib/libulockmgr.so.1
/usr/lib/libulockmgr.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-libs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-libs/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/91cd084f428f6bb1fefb0e4f83a16dfd4ada65
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/4c8f369db4e1b3fbcc2d598b958bbd778446ec
/usr/lib64/libfuse.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfuse.so.2.9.7
/usr/lib64/libulockmgr.so.1
/usr/lib64/libulockmgr.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-libs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-libs/COPYING.LIB

References

Summary

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