How To Install Archivemount?

How To Install Archivemount?

archivemount

mounts an archive for access as a file system

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Section: utils

Install archivemount

  • Debian apt-get install archivemount Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install archivemount Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add archivemount Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install archivemount Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install archivemount Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install archivemount Click to copy
  • macOS brew install archivemount Click to copy

archivemount

mounts an archive for access as a file system

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).

Installing archivemount command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of archivemount 2026 package in your OS.