How To Install cryfs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryfs in Fedora 36. cryfs is Cryptographic filesystem for the cloud

Introduction

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

What is cryfs

CryFS provides a FUSE-based mount that encrypts file contents, file sizes, metadata and directory structure. It uses encrypted same-size blocks to store both the files themselves and the blocks’ relations to one another. These blocks are stored as individual files in the base directory, which can then be synchronized to remote storage (using an external tool).

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

Install cryfs 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 cryfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cryfs

Install cryfs 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 cryfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cryfs

How To Uninstall cryfs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cryfs

cryfs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cryfs
/usr/bin/cryfs-unmount
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/1fd68f8902bca1b8bd22c968e58e28c41af176
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/2e348f97677d6ef8a4341c1ce6b0acd97bfcd4
/usr/share/doc/cryfs
/usr/share/doc/cryfs/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/cryfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cryfs
/usr/share/licenses/cryfs/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/cryfs.1.gz

References

Summary

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