How To Install fuse-dislocker on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-dislocker on AlmaLinux 8.
What is fuse-dislocker
Dislocker has been designed to read BitLocker encrypted partitions (“drives”) under a Linux system. The driver has the capability to read/write partitions encrypted using Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 (AES-CBC, AES-XTS, 128 or 256 bits, with or without the Elephant diffuser, encrypted partitions); BitLocker-To-Go encrypted partitions (USB/FAT32 partitions). A mount point needs to be given to dislocker-fuse. Once keys are decrypted, a file named ‘dislocker-file’ appears into this provided mount point. This file is a virtual NTFS partition, it can be mounted as any NTFS partition and then reading from it or writing to it is possible.
We can use yum or dnf to install fuse-dislocker on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fuse-dislocker.
Install fuse-dislocker on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fuse-dislocker using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fuse-dislocker
Install fuse-dislocker on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fuse-dislocker using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fuse-dislocker
How To Uninstall fuse-dislocker on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the fuse-dislocker package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fuse-dislocker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-dislocker on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
