How To Install gphotofs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gphotofs in Fedora 36. gphotofs is A FUSE filesystem module to mount your camera as a filesystem

Introduction

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

What is `gphotofs`

A filesystem client based on libgphoto2 that exposes supported cameras as filesystems; while some cameras implement the USB Mass Storage class and already appear as filesystems (making this program redundant), many use the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) or some other custom protocol. But as long as the camera is supported by libgphoto2, it can be mounted as a filesystem using this program.

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

Install gphotofs 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 gphotofs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gphotofs

Install gphotofs 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 gphotofs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gphotofs

How To Uninstall gphotofs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gphotofs

gphotofs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gphotofs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/a60157a6f7f0503cc9faa965f45b93f4e06ac5
/usr/share/doc/gphotofs
/usr/share/doc/gphotofs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gphotofs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gphotofs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gphotofs/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gphotofs/README

References

gphotofs website

Summary

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