How To Install curlftpfs on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install curlftpfs on CentOS 7.

What is curlftpfs

CurlFtpFS is a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl. It features SSL support, connecting through tunneling HTTP proxies, and automatically reconnecting if the server times out.

We can use yum or dnf to install curlftpfs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install curlftpfs.

Install curlftpfs on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install curlftpfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install curlftpfs

Install curlftpfs on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install curlftpfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install curlftpfs

How To Uninstall curlftpfs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove curlftpfs

References

• curlftpfs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install curlftpfs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.