How To Install simple-mtpfs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-mtpfs in Fedora 36. simple-mtpfs is Fuse-based MTP driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-mtpfs on Fedora 36.

What is simple-mtpfs

SIMPLE-MTPFS (Simple Media Transfer Protocol FileSystem) is a file system for Linux (and other operating systems with a FUSE implementation, such as Mac OS X or FreeBSD) capable of operating on files on MTP devices attached via USB to local machine. On the local computer where the SIMPLE-MTPFS is mounted, the implementation makes use of the FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) kernel module. The practical effect of this is that the end user can seamlessly interact with MTP device files.

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

Install simple-mtpfs 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 simple-mtpfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install simple-mtpfs

Install simple-mtpfs 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 simple-mtpfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install simple-mtpfs

How To Uninstall simple-mtpfs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the simple-mtpfs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove simple-mtpfs

simple-mtpfs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/simple-mtpfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/6e18a4584b15e36bf8bf0be4bfacb4daa25661
/usr/share/doc/simple-mtpfs
/usr/share/doc/simple-mtpfs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/simple-mtpfs/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/simple-mtpfs.1.gz

References

Summary

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