How to Install and Uninstall fuse-overlayfs Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fuse-overlayfs on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "fuse-overlayfs" package

Please follow the instructions below to install fuse-overlayfs on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall fuse-overlayfs on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: fuse-overlayfs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Reinhard Tartler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 113
Depends: fuse3, libc6 (>= 2.34), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fuse-overlayfs/fuse-overlayfs_1.7.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 44670
MD5sum: e85ecf4d822616b9b46fceb916c58fc3
SHA1: 67a59a32d16cc22679a3c9eb8816e67b698ae090
SHA256: a2bb7b9b3530c93c1f82a14878334caf7b26003e55057d26fdf90bce03dd2390
SHA512: 984bfac520d1ce8039d50ad2d9baf9107138e09f418cce49341210cf510d2c5dc4e6c473191eb0c18c779bfaf8accfab47836c651ca66c963c3f98e94e6500c3
Homepage: https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs
Description: implementation of overlay+shiftfs in FUSE for rootless containers
Description-md5: c4e052d72c2adc350355e396b2fd9e47