OSTree-2025.1

Introduction to OSTree

The OSTree package is for container deployment and the like. It is required by Flatpak-1.16.0.

Package Information

OSTree Dependencies

Required

Fuse2-2.9.9 or Fuse3 and GLib2

Recommended

Installation of OSTree

Install OSTree by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-static &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: ostree, ostree-prepare-root, ostree-remount, and rofiles-fuse
Installed Libraries: libostree-1.so
Installed Directories: /etc/ostree/remotes.d, /usr/include/ostree-1, /usr/lib/ostree, /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d, /usr/libexec/libostee, and /usr/share/ostree/trusted.gpg.d

Short Descriptions

ostree

manages filesystem trees

ostree-prepare-root

changes the view of a mounted root filesystem to an ostree deployment

ostree-remount

prepares the root for a filesystem

rofiles-fuse

uses Fuse to create a view where directories and files are immutable

libostree-1.so

contains functions for managing filesystem trees