How To Install archivemount on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install archivemount on Ubuntu.
What is archivemount
archivemount is:
archivemount is a FUSE based file system for Unix variants, including Linux. Its purpose is to mount archives to a mount point where it can be read from or written to as with any other file system. This makes accessing the contents of the archive, which maybe compressed, transparent to other programs, without decompressing them. The archive formats that archivemount supports are:
- old-style tar archives, .
- most variants of the POSIX ‘ustar’ format, .
- the POSIX ‘pax interchange’ format, .
- GNU-format tar archives, .
- most common cpio archive formats, .
- ISO9660 CD images (with or without RockRidge extensions), .
- Zip archives. .
- two different variants of shar archives. . archivemount is FUSE (Filesystem in USErspace).
There are three methods to install archivemount on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install archivemount Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install archivemount using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install archivemount
Install archivemount Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install archivemount using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install archivemount
Install archivemount 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 archivemount using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install archivemount
How To Uninstall archivemount on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the archivemount package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove archivemount
Uninstall archivemount And Its Dependencies
To uninstall archivemount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove archivemount
Remove archivemount Configurations and Data
To remove archivemount configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge archivemount
Remove archivemount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove archivemount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge archivemount
Dependencies
archivemount have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install archivemount package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.