How To Install owfs-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install owfs-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04. owfs-fuse is 1-Wire filesystem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install owfs-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is owfs-fuse

owfs-fuse is:

The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.

OWFS is a userspace virtual filesystem exposing all 1-Wire properties mapped into a filesystem.

There are three methods to install owfs-fuse 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 owfs-fuse Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install owfs-fuse using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install owfs-fuse

Install owfs-fuse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install owfs-fuse

Install owfs-fuse 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 owfs-fuse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install owfs-fuse

How To Uninstall owfs-fuse on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove owfs-fuse

Uninstall owfs-fuse And Its Dependencies

To uninstall owfs-fuse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove owfs-fuse

Remove owfs-fuse Configurations and Data

To remove owfs-fuse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge owfs-fuse

Remove owfs-fuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove owfs-fuse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge owfs-fuse

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install owfs-fuse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.