How To Install fuse3 on CentOS 8

fuse3 is File System in Userspace (FUSE) v3 utilitie

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse3 on CentOS 8.

What is `fuse3`

With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program. This package contains the FUSE v3 userspace tools to mount a FUSE filesystem.

We can use yum or dnf to install fuse3 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fuse3.

Install fuse3 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 fuse3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fuse3

Install fuse3 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 fuse3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fuse3

How To Uninstall fuse3 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fuse3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fuse3

fuse3 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/fusermount3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/09e86d23ad414d7b2b82141e3c1b821351de12
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/efbd9e15f06860a7eac45ebca1d8cf0c6d51e1
/usr/sbin/mount.fuse3
/usr/share/doc/fuse3
/usr/share/doc/fuse3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fuse3/ChangeLog.rst
/usr/share/doc/fuse3/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fuse3
/usr/share/licenses/fuse3/COPYING

References

fuse3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse3 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.