How To Install archivemount on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install archivemount in Fedora 36. archivemount is FUSE based filesystem for mounting compressed archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install archivemount on Fedora 36.

What is `archivemount`

Archivemount is a piece of glue code between libarchive and FUSE. It can be used to mount a (possibly compressed) archive (as in .tar.gz or .tar.bz2) and use it like an ordinary filesystem.

We can use yum or dnf to install archivemount on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install archivemount.

Install archivemount on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install archivemount

Install archivemount on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install archivemount

How To Uninstall archivemount on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove archivemount

archivemount Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/archivemount
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/d7115cd31c61c0e37bfb881d13ec39945a0c7e
/usr/share/doc/archivemount
/usr/share/doc/archivemount/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/archivemount/README
/usr/share/licenses/archivemount
/usr/share/licenses/archivemount/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/archivemount.1.gz

References

archivemount website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install archivemount on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).