How To Install fuse-overlayfs on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-overlayfs on Debian 10.
What is fuse-overlayfs
fuse-overlayfs is:
This package provides an overlayfs FUSE implementation so that it can be used since Linux 4.18 by unprivileged users in an user namespace.
There are three methods to install fuse-overlayfs on Debian 10. 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-overlayfs 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-overlayfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fuse-overlayfs
Install fuse-overlayfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fuse-overlayfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fuse-overlayfs
Install fuse-overlayfs 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-overlayfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fuse-overlayfs
How To Uninstall fuse-overlayfs on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fuse-overlayfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fuse-overlayfs
Uninstall fuse-overlayfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fuse-overlayfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuse-overlayfs
Remove fuse-overlayfs Configurations and Data
To remove fuse-overlayfs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fuse-overlayfs
Remove fuse-overlayfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fuse-overlayfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuse-overlayfs
Dependencies
fuse-overlayfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-overlayfs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.