How To Install fuse-overlayfs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-overlayfs in Fedora 36. fuse-overlayfs is FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers

Introduction

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

What is `fuse-overlayfs`

FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fuse-overlayfs

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

sudo yum -y install fuse-overlayfs

How To Uninstall fuse-overlayfs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fuse-overlayfs

fuse-overlayfs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/c4320e055e5179308624af82278158382a5b0f
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/fuse-overlayfs.conf
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fuse-overlayfs.1.gz

References

fuse-overlayfs website

Summary

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