How To Install fuse3 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse3 on Rocky Linux 8. fuse3 is File System in Userspace (FUSE) v3 utilitie

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse3 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is fuse3

With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program. This package contains the FUSE v3 userspace tools to mount a FUSE filesystem.

We can use yum or dnf to install fuse3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fuse3.

Install fuse3 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 fuse3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fuse3

Install fuse3 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 fuse3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fuse3

How To Uninstall fuse3 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fuse3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fuse3

fuse3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/fusermount3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/636105bf39dd6b90dc6868144eb73fb3c4cc91
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/10ba50f6810e6d38dbf291aa2d7dcb243720be
/usr/sbin/mount.fuse3
/usr/share/doc/fuse3
/usr/share/doc/fuse3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fuse3/ChangeLog.rst
/usr/share/doc/fuse3/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/fuse3
/usr/share/licenses/fuse3/COPYING

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.