How To Install squashfuse on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfuse on Rocky Linux 8. squashfuse is FUSE filesystem to mount squashfs archives

Introduction

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

What is squashfuse

Squashfuse lets you mount SquashFS archives in user-space. It supports almost all features of the SquashFS format, yet is still fast and memory-efficient. SquashFS is an efficiently compressed, read-only storage format. Support for it has been built into the Linux kernel since 2009. It is very common on Live CDs and embedded Linux distributions.

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

Install squashfuse 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 squashfuse using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install squashfuse

Install squashfuse 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 squashfuse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install squashfuse

How To Uninstall squashfuse on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove squashfuse

squashfuse Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/squashfuse
/usr/bin/squashfuse_ll
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/86d2dfd5d8f33eb7dba4b29a9176410325b436
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/9598313ea9bc1b1bc5e3d336a0441d544a3cb7
/usr/share/licenses/squashfuse
/usr/share/licenses/squashfuse/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/squashfuse.1.gz

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Summary

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