How To Install fuseext2 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuseext2 on Ubuntu 22.04. fuseext2 is File System in User Space - Module for ext2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuseext2 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is fuseext2

fuseext2 is:

This module for the FUSE kernel service allows any FUSE-enabled user to mount Second Extended file systems, e.g. disk images.

The module has been initially written for UMView, the user-mode implementation of View-OS. If you want to allow completely user-mode disk images mounting (with no kernel/superuser support at all), take a look at umview-mod-umfuseext2 and its dependencies.

There are three methods to install fuseext2 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fuseext2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fuseext2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fuseext2

Install fuseext2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fuseext2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fuseext2

Install fuseext2 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 fuseext2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fuseext2

How To Uninstall fuseext2 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the fuseext2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fuseext2

Uninstall fuseext2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fuseext2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuseext2

Remove fuseext2 Configurations and Data

To remove fuseext2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fuseext2

Remove fuseext2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fuseext2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuseext2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuseext2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.