How to Install and Uninstall bindfs Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "bindfs" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bindfs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bindfs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bindfs" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bindfs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bindfs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bindfs package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bindfs
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 91
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.12.6-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfuse2 (>= 2.8), fuse
Filename: pool/universe/b/bindfs/bindfs_1.12.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 23682
MD5sum: 20d70b54f466f1b7308fa940db9558f5
SHA1: 7898f40d82bf35acc55090dc91643c7aa410dcfb
SHA256: 3aebe35bfc2f22956d36a7492d8b8d531d3a24d42a46c53c897dcfc8b0663a1b
Description-en: mirrors or overlays a local directory with altered permissions
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.
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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.
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Non-root users can use almost all features, but most interesting
use-cases need user_allow_other to be defined in /etc/fuse.conf.
Description-md5: e629abef60409c1e8a620fada2b54fe9
Homepage: http://bindfs.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu