How To Install davfs2 on Fedora 34

davfs2 is A filesystem driver for WebDAV

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on Fedora 34.

What is davfs2

davfs2 is a Linux file system driver that allows you to mount a WebDAV server as a disk drive.

We can use yum or dnf to install davfs2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install davfs2.

Install davfs2 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 davfs2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install davfs2

Install davfs2 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 davfs2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install davfs2

How To Uninstall davfs2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the davfs2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove davfs2

davfs2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/davfs2
/etc/davfs2/certs
/etc/davfs2/certs/private
/etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf
/etc/davfs2/secrets
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/c9cd59be11cd59bcf35e0f5bc820e83852ca00
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/1b1d1af5588b1a0a4ccb70bc4d9e76f44ebd45
/usr/sbin/mount.davfs
/usr/sbin/umount.davfs
/usr/share/davfs2
/usr/share/davfs2/davfs2.conf
/usr/share/davfs2/secrets
/usr/share/doc/davfs2
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/README
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/README.translators
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/davfs2
/usr/share/licenses/davfs2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/davfs2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/davfs2.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/mount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/umount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/umount.davfs.8.gz
/var/cache/davfs2
/var/run/mount.davfs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.