How To Install gvfs-backends on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-backends on Ubuntu.

What is `gvfs-backends`

gvfs-backends is:

gvfs is a userspace virtual filesystem where mounts run as separate processes which you talk to via D-Bus. It also contains a gio module that seamlessly adds gvfs support to all applications using the gio API. It also supports exposing the gvfs mounts to non-gio applications using fuse.

This package contains the afc, afp, archive, cdda, dav, dnssd, ftp, gphoto2, http, mtp, network, sftp, smb and smb-browse backends.

There are three methods to install gvfs-backends on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gvfs-backends Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gvfs-backends using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gvfs-backends

Install gvfs-backends Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gvfs-backends using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gvfs-backends

Install gvfs-backends Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gvfs-backends using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gvfs-backends

How To Uninstall gvfs-backends on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gvfs-backends package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gvfs-backends

Uninstall gvfs-backends And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gvfs-backends and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gvfs-backends

Remove gvfs-backends Configurations and Data

To remove gvfs-backends configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gvfs-backends

Remove gvfs-backends configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gvfs-backends configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gvfs-backends

Dependencies

gvfs-backends have the following dependencies:

References

gvfs-backends website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-backends package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.