Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install afuse on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is afuse
afuse is:
Afuse is a FUSE based filesystem which implements filesystem automounting
functionality similar to Linux’s autofs.
There are three methods to install afuse 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 afuse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install afuse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install afuse
Install afuse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install afuse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install afuse
Install afuse 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 afuse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install afuse
How To Uninstall afuse on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the afuse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove afuse
Uninstall afuse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall afuse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove afuse
Remove afuse Configurations and Data
To remove afuse configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge afuse
Remove afuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove afuse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge afuse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install afuse package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
