How To Install funionfs on Fedora 34

funionfs is Union filesystem in userspace

Introduction

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

What is funionfs

FunionFS implements a union filesystem in userspace using FUSE. FUSE provides a Linux kernel module which allows virtual filesystems to be written in userspace.

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

Install funionfs 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 funionfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install funionfs

Install funionfs 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 funionfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install funionfs

How To Uninstall funionfs on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove funionfs

funionfs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/funionfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/8abfd4c48592ebf9a83da17f9da2c78072413b
/usr/share/doc/funionfs
/usr/share/doc/funionfs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/funionfs/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/funionfs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/funionfs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/funionfs/README
/usr/share/doc/funionfs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/funionfs
/usr/share/licenses/funionfs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/funionfs.1.gz

References

Summary

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