Install

Public release in preparation. Version 0.13.0 is being tested. Signed downloads are not published yet; the commands below describe the planned release packages. The GitHub repository is currently private. Arch packaging is being qualified; a Flatpak edition is under evaluation.

Choose a package

System	Artifact
Fedora 45, x86-64	`dwarfs-dolphin-0.13.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm`
Fedora 45, ARM64	`dwarfs-dolphin-0.13.0-1.fc45.aarch64.rpm`
Debian 13, x86-64	`dwarfs-dolphin_0.13.0-1_debian13_amd64.deb`
Ubuntu 26.04, x86-64	`dwarfs-dolphin_0.13.0-1_ubuntu26.04_amd64.deb`

Download packages from the latest GitHub release. Do not install a Debian package on Ubuntu or an Ubuntu package on Debian.

Fedora

sudo dnf install ./dwarfs-dolphin-0.13.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm

Debian

sudo apt install ./dwarfs-dolphin_0.13.0-1_debian13_amd64.deb

Ubuntu

sudo apt install ./dwarfs-dolphin_0.13.0-1_ubuntu26.04_amd64.deb

The package manager installs required Qt, KDE, compression and FUSE libraries. DwarFS command-line tools are not a dependency.

Verify downloads

Place the packages, SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.asc in one directory. Download RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY.asc, import it and confirm this complete GPG fingerprint:

60C38F37374C2B51BE7CA8CC698CE0575AED79AA

gpg --import RELEASE_SIGNING_KEY.asc
gpg --fingerprint 60C38F37374C2B51BE7CA8CC698CE0575AED79AA
gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc SHA256SUMS
sha256sum --check SHA256SUMS

Git SSH keys authenticate repository access; they are not release-signing keys.

First run

Log out and back in.
Plasma and Dolphin discover the newly installed services, plugins and MIME data at session start.
Check the engine.
```
dwarfsctl --version
dwarfsctl doctor
```
Create a small test image.
Right-click a disposable folder in Dolphin and choose DwarFS → Build Image….
Open the image.
Double-click it and confirm the mounted volume appears in Dolphin Places.

Remove

Unmount active images first, then remove the package:

# Fedora
sudo dnf remove dwarfs-dolphin

# Debian or Ubuntu
sudo apt remove dwarfs-dolphin

Your user settings remain in ~/.config/dwarfs-dolphin/.