How To Install fuse-posixovl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-posixovl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fuse-posixovl
fuse-posixovl is:
With posixovl it is possible to mount FAT, VFAT, NTFS file system so that it behaves like POSIX. File permissions, symbolic links etc. are supported transparently. An extra file stores the information and the file system itself stays unmodified. It is a modern equivalent of the UMSDOS file system.
Typical use: Mount an USB FAT32 drive with posixovl and your files retain their permission settings.
This package extends mount and provides option ‘-t posixovl’.
There are three methods to install fuse-posixovl on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-posixovl 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-posixovl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fuse-posixovl
Install fuse-posixovl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fuse-posixovl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fuse-posixovl
Install fuse-posixovl 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fuse-posixovl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fuse-posixovl
How To Uninstall fuse-posixovl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fuse-posixovl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fuse-posixovl
Uninstall fuse-posixovl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fuse-posixovl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuse-posixovl
Remove fuse-posixovl Configurations and Data
To remove fuse-posixovl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fuse-posixovl
Remove fuse-posixovl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fuse-posixovl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuse-posixovl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-posixovl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
