FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a simple interface for userspace programs to export a virtual filesystem to the Linux kernel. Fuse also aims to provide a secure method for non privileged users to create and mount their own filesystem implementations.
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Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.
Download (HTTP): https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases/download/fuse-3.18.3/fuse-3.18.3.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: da6ff6ced1b821fa606ad1fb2208bddc
Download size: 2.5 MB
Estimated disk space required: 28 MB (with tests and documentation)
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (add 1.0 SBU for tests)
Doxygen-1.18.0 (to rebuild the API documentation)
Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:
File systems ---> <*/M> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) support [FUSE_FS]
Character devices in userspace should be enabled too for running the tests:
File systems ---> <*/M> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) support [FUSE_FS] <*/M> Character device in Userspace support [CUSE]
Install Fuse by running the following commands:
sed -i '/^udev/,$ s/^/#/' util/meson.build && mkdir build && cd build && meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. && ninja
The API documentation is included in the package, but if you have Doxygen-1.18.0 installed and wish to rebuild it, issue:
pushd .. && doxygen doc/Doxyfile && popd
To test the results, issue the following commands (as the
root user):
meson test -v
Now, as the root user:
ninja install &&
chmod u+s /usr/bin/fusermount3 &&
cd .. &&
cp -Rv doc/html -T /usr/share/doc/fuse-3.18.3 &&
install -v -m644 doc/{README.NFS,kernel.txt} \
/usr/share/doc/fuse-3.18.3
sed ... util/meson.build: This command disables the installation of a boot script and udev rule that are not needed.
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
--system-site-packages:
Allow the Python3 venv module to
access the system-installed /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages directory.
Some options regarding mount policy can be set in the file
/etc/fuse.conf. To install the file
run the following command as the root user:
cat > /etc/fuse.conf << "EOF"
# Set the maximum number of FUSE mounts allowed to non-root users.
# The default is 1000.
#
#mount_max = 1000
# Allow non-root users to specify the 'allow_other' or 'allow_root'
# mount options.
#
#user_allow_other
EOF
Additional information about the meaning of the configuration options are found in the man page.