This is a build system for a cvmfs standalone client. The Makefile creates a tarball which contains the cvmfs binaries plus config files and a mount helper script. The cvmfs client from the tarball can be used from any directory on a platform compatible with the build platform. No system-wide cvmfs installation is needed.
In order to create the standalone tarball, you need the cvmfs git sources and a cvmfs build tree with the compiled binaries. You can then run
make SOURCE_TREE=<directory> BUILD_TREE=<directory>
The tarball is portable to any node that runs the same Linux flavor and version.
Extract the tarball into any directory and call
<directory>/mount_cvmfs.sh <repository name> <mount point>
You might need to edit the <directory>/default.local file in order to over-
write the cache directory. In order to unmount, use
fusermount -u <mountpoint>
This tarball is usable if fuse is installed and available to regular users or -- on newer kernels -- as namespace root if /dev/fuse is available.