[sshfs] trouble running sshfs

[George S. <gs...@cs...>]

Hello,

I'm running Kubuntu and I tried installing fuse + sshfs through KDE's
Adept Manager. When I try to use sshfs, I get the following error:

sshfs: /usr/lib/libfuse.so.2: version `FUSE_2.5' not found (required by
sshfs)


Indeed the version of libfuse that was installed predates 2_5, as can be
seen below

$ ls -alt libfuse.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-07-04 01:47 libfuse.so.2 -> libfuse.so.2.4=
.2

1. Is the version of the library the source of the problem?
2. If so, where can I get Fuse 2.5+ for Ubuntu?

Thanks,
Georgeeee