How To Install fuse-convmvfs on Debian 12

Learn how to install fuse-convmvfs on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fuse-convmvfs is mirrors a whole filesystem tree from one charset to another

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-convmvfs on Debian 12.

What is fuse-convmvfs

fuse-convmvfs is:

convmvfs is a FUSE (File System in Userspace) utility that transparently mirrors a filesystem tree converting the filenames from one charset to another on the fly. Only the names of files and directories are converted; the file content remains intact. The mirrored tree is mounted at a given mountpoint.

There are three methods to install fuse-convmvfs on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fuse-convmvfs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fuse-convmvfs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fuse-convmvfs

Install fuse-convmvfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fuse-convmvfs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fuse-convmvfs

Install fuse-convmvfs Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fuse-convmvfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fuse-convmvfs

How To Uninstall fuse-convmvfs on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fuse-convmvfs

Uninstall fuse-convmvfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fuse-convmvfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuse-convmvfs

Remove fuse-convmvfs Configurations and Data

To remove fuse-convmvfs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fuse-convmvfs

Remove fuse-convmvfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fuse-convmvfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuse-convmvfs

Dependencies

fuse-convmvfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-convmvfs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.