How To Install fuse-overlayfs on CentOS 8

fuse-overlayfs is FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers

Introduction

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

What is fuse-overlayfs

FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fuse-overlayfs

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

sudo yum -y install fuse-overlayfs

How To Uninstall fuse-overlayfs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove fuse-overlayfs

fuse-overlayfs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/e00b323a0ef9443e033346f140ff9b038141bc
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/fuse-overlayfs.conf
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fuse-overlayfs.1.gz
/usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/c3900bfbd4a3ea168b3d0eeb4e452990cf8337
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/fuse-overlayfs.conf
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fuse-overlayfs.1.gz

References

Summary

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