Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-fuse
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gvfs-fuse
gvfs-fuse is:
gvfs is a userspace virtual filesystem where mounts run as separate
processes which you talk to via D-Bus. It also contains a gio module
that seamlessly adds gvfs support to all applications using the gio
API. It also supports exposing the gvfs mounts to non-gio applications
using fuse.
This package contains the gvfs-fuse server that exports gvfs mounts to
all applications using FUSE.
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There are three methods to install gvfs-fuse
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gvfs-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 gvfs-fuse
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gvfs-fuse
Install gvfs-fuse Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gvfs-fuse
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gvfs-fuse
Install gvfs-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 gvfs-fuse
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gvfs-fuse
How To Uninstall gvfs-fuse on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gvfs-fuse
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gvfs-fuse
Uninstall gvfs-fuse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gvfs-fuse
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gvfs-fuse
Remove gvfs-fuse Configurations and Data
To remove gvfs-fuse
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gvfs-fuse
Remove gvfs-fuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gvfs-fuse
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gvfs-fuse
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-fuse
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.