How To Install fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8. fuse-overlayfs is FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is fuse-overlayfs

FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers.

We can use yum or dnf to install fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fuse-overlayfs.

Install fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install fuse-overlayfs

Install fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install fuse-overlayfs

How To Uninstall fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove fuse-overlayfs

fuse-overlayfs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/6a738369bbbe4e5209ce4aa224b3c996e2a573
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/fuse-overlayfs.conf
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/doc/fuse-overlayfs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs
/usr/share/licenses/fuse-overlayfs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fuse-overlayfs.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-overlayfs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.