How To Install fuse-sshfs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-sshfs on CentOS 8.
What is fuse-sshfs
This is a FUSE-filesystem client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol. Since most SSH servers already support this protocol it is very easy to set up mounting the filesystem is as easy as logging into the server with ssh.
We can use yum or dnf to install fuse-sshfs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fuse-sshfs.
Install fuse-sshfs 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-sshfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fuse-sshfs
Install fuse-sshfs 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-sshfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fuse-sshfs
How To Uninstall fuse-sshfs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the fuse-sshfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fuse-sshfs
fuse-sshfs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/sshfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/a808e0c4e1237fa6ce43f6cc50430fff1b5fe3
/usr/share/doc/fuse-sshfs
/usr/share/doc/fuse-sshfs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-sshfs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-sshfs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/sshfs.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-sshfs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.