How To Install curlftpfs on Fedora 34

curlftpfs is CurlFtpFS is a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install curlftpfs on Fedora 34.

What is `curlftpfs`

CurlFtpFS is a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl. It features SSL support, connecting through tunneling HTTP proxies, and automatically reconnecting if the server times out.

We can use yum or dnf to install curlftpfs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install curlftpfs.

Install curlftpfs on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install curlftpfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install curlftpfs

Install curlftpfs on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install curlftpfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install curlftpfs

How To Uninstall curlftpfs on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove curlftpfs

curlftpfs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/curlftpfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/743b8af34c7a76fdbd2632366fe4d8a5125336
/usr/share/doc/curlftpfs
/usr/share/doc/curlftpfs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/curlftpfs/README
/usr/share/man/man1/curlftpfs.1.gz

References

curlftpfs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install curlftpfs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.