mount.mergerfs command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mount.mergerfs command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

mount.mergerfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mount.mergerfs: command not found

Solutions to mount.mergerfs: command not found

How To Fix mount.mergerfs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mount.mergerfs is provided by mergerfs package.

mergerfs is:

mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifying storage and management of files across numerous commodity storage devices. It is similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs.

Some salient features include

  • Runs in userspace (FUSE)
  • Configurable behaviors
  • Support for extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Support for file attributes (chattr)
  • Runtime configurable (via xattrs)
  • Safe to run as root
  • Opportunistic credential caching
  • Works with heterogeneous filesystem types
  • Handling of writes to full drives
  • Handles pool of readonly and read/write drives

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install mergerfs

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install mergerfs.

sudo apt -y install mergerfs

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install mergerfs

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mount.mergerfs command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.