How To Install fuse-pingfs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-pingfs in Fedora 36. fuse-pingfs is Stores your data in ICMP ping packets

Introduction

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

What is `fuse-pingfs`

pingfs is a filesystem where the data is stored only in the Internet itself, as ICMP Echo packets (pings) travelling from you to remote servers and back again.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install fuse-pingfs

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

sudo yum -y install fuse-pingfs

How To Uninstall fuse-pingfs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fuse-pingfs

fuse-pingfs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pingfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/3c300b20e0571d82f2971be7b1caa026e9b8b3
/usr/share/doc/fuse-pingfs
/usr/share/doc/fuse-pingfs/README
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-pingfs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-pingfs/LICENSE

References

fuse-pingfs website

Summary

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