How To Install erofs-fuse on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install erofs-fuse in Fedora 36. erofs-fuse is Experimental FUSE support for reading EROFS images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erofs-fuse on Fedora 36.

What is `erofs-fuse`

EROFS stands for Enhanced Read-Only File System. Different from other read-only file systems, it is designed for flexibility, scalability, and simplicity for high performance. The erofs-fuse package includes erofsfuse to read EROFS images.

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

Install erofs-fuse 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 erofs-fuse using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erofs-fuse

Install erofs-fuse 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 erofs-fuse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erofs-fuse

How To Uninstall erofs-fuse on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the erofs-fuse package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove erofs-fuse

erofs-fuse Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/erofsfuse
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/0c94309763b853452ef9a4fb5edc01beb46ff7
/usr/share/doc/erofs-fuse
/usr/share/doc/erofs-fuse/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/erofs-fuse/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/erofs-fuse/README
/usr/share/licenses/erofs-fuse
/usr/share/licenses/erofs-fuse/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/erofsfuse.1.gz

References

erofs-fuse website

Summary

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