Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bindfs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bindfs
bindfs is:
bindfs is a FUSE filesystem for mirroring a directory to another
directory, similarly to mount –bind. The permissions of the mirrored
directory can be altered in various ways.
Some things bindfs can be used for:
- Making a directory read-only.
- Making all executables non-executable.
- Sharing a directory with a list of users (or groups).
- Modifying permission bits using rules with chmod-like syntax.
- Changing the permissions with which files are created.
Non-root users can use almost all features, but most interesting
use-cases need user_allow_other to be defined in /etc/fuse.conf.
There are three methods to install bindfs 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 bindfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bindfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bindfs
Install bindfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bindfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bindfs
Install bindfs 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 bindfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bindfs
How To Uninstall bindfs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bindfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bindfs
Uninstall bindfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bindfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bindfs
Remove bindfs Configurations and Data
To remove bindfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bindfs
Remove bindfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bindfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bindfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bindfs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
