How to Install and Uninstall fuse-overlayfs Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "fuse-overlayfs" package

Please follow the guidance below to install fuse-overlayfs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fuse-overlayfs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fuse-overlayfs" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fuse-overlayfs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fuse-overlayfs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fuse-overlayfs package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fuse-overlayfs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Reinhard Tartler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 117
Depends: fuse3, libc6 (>= 2.28), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fuse-overlayfs/fuse-overlayfs_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 42684
MD5sum: d537ad631630b0d4be12aa6d33a34b5e
SHA1: 8681e10b6958c2fcf6177b27d3d45cb7d3bff526
SHA256: 0d57f011a639fea8cfcbfc5c11cdff1faf8d88cce4585c48b4c2d57fba6b6507
SHA512: 4d7bbf160ccb865a4ef273039dd9752b584a879fa45ac9b6a7fd4a1020db9949340ce1049034821a02ec879c4eb49228745520af7ab62ed32a451f3b9243bad9
Homepage: https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs
Description-en: implementation of overlay+shiftfs in FUSE for rootless containers
This package provides an overlayfs FUSE implementation so that it can
be used since Linux 4.18 by unprivileged users in an user namespace.
Description-md5: c4e052d72c2adc350355e396b2fd9e47