How to install Archivemount on Ubuntu 16.04

The repositories are added to the system. Now update the repo by executing the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]                          
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]                                        
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]                                        
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [40.6 kB]             
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [40.5 kB]             
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [24.7 kB]                                            
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The system is updated with the repositories. Then install the archivemount package and press y to continue with the installation process.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install archivemount -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  archivemount
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 480 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 69.6 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/eugenesan/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 archivemount amd64 0.8.7-0~eugenesan~xenial1 [25.6 kB]
Fetched 25.6 kB in 2s (10.7 kB/s)       
Selecting previously unselected package archivemount.
(Reading database ... 176594 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archivemount_0.8.7-0~eugenesan~xenial1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking archivemount (0.8.7-0~eugenesan~xenial1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up archivemount (0.8.7-0~eugenesan~xenial1) ...

The archivemount is installed successfully in the target system. Execute the following command to know more about the options used in the archivemount.

root@linuxhelp1:~# archivemount -h
usage: archivemount archivepath mountpoint [options]

general options:
    -o opt,[opt...]        mount options
    -h   --help        print help
    -V   --version        print version

archivemount options:
    -o readonly        disable write support
    -o nobackup        remove archive file backups
    -o nosave            do not save changes upon unmount.
                Good if you want to change something
                and save it as a diff,
                or use a format for saving which is
                not supported by archivemount.

    -o subtree=< regexp>     use only subtree matching ^.?< regexp>  from archive
                it implies readonly

    -o formatraw        treat input as a single element archive
                it implies readonly

FUSE options:
    -d   -o debug          enable debug output (implies -f)
    -f                     foreground operation
    -s                     disable multi-threaded operation

    -o allow_other         allow access to other users
    -o allow_root          allow access to root
    -o auto_unmount        auto unmount on process termination
    -o nonempty            allow mounts over non-empty file/dir
    -o default_permissions enable permission checking by kernel
    -o fsname=NAME         set filesystem name
    -o subtype=NAME        set filesystem type
    -o large_read          issue large read requests (2.4 only)
    -o max_read=N          set maximum size of read requests

    -o hard_remove         immediate removal (don' t hide files)
    -o use_ino             let filesystem set inode numbers
    -o readdir_ino         try to fill in d_ino in readdir
    -o direct_io           use direct I/O
    -o kernel_cache        cache files in kernel
    -o [no]auto_cache      enable caching based on modification times (off)
    -o umask=M             set file permissions (octal)
    -o uid=N               set file owner
    -o gid=N               set file group
    -o entry_timeout=T     cache timeout for names (1.0s)
    -o negative_timeout=T  cache timeout for deleted names (0.0s)
    -o attr_timeout=T      cache timeout for attributes (1.0s)
    -o ac_attr_timeout=T   auto cache timeout for attributes (attr_timeout)
    -o noforget            never forget cached inodes
    -o remember=T          remember cached inodes for T seconds (0s)
    -o nopath              don' t supply path if not necessary
    -o intr                allow requests to be interrupted
    -o intr_signal=NUM     signal to send on interrupt (10)
    -o modules=M1[:M2...]  names of modules to push onto filesystem stack

    -o max_write=N         set maximum size of write requests
    -o max_readahead=N     set maximum readahead
    -o max_background=N    set number of maximum background requests
    -o congestion_threshold=N  set kernel' s congestion threshold
    -o async_read          perform reads asynchronously (default)
    -o sync_read           perform reads synchronously
    -o atomic_o_trunc      enable atomic open+truncate support
    -o big_writes          enable larger than 4kB writes
    -o no_remote_lock      disable remote file locking
    -o no_remote_flock     disable remote file locking (BSD)
    -o no_remote_posix_lock disable remove file locking (POSIX)
    -o [no_]splice_write   use splice to write to the fuse device
    -o [no_]splice_move    move data while splicing to the fuse device
    -o [no_]splice_read    use splice to read from the fuse device

Module options:

[iconv]
    -o from_code=CHARSET   original encoding of file names (default: UTF-8)
    -o to_code=CHARSET        new encoding of the file names (default: UTF-8)

[subdir]
    -o subdir=DIR        prepend this directory to all paths (mandatory)
    -o [no]rellinks        transform absolute symlinks to relative

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove archivemount -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  archivemount
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 480 not upgraded.
After this operation, 69.6 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 176601 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing archivemount (0.8.7-0~eugenesan~xenial1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...