How To Install smbnetfs 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 smbnetfs on Ubuntu.
What is smbnetfs
smbnetfs is:
A user-space filesystem that contains an entire SMB/NMB network under a single mount point. Workgroups, servers and shares can be browsed much like the Network Neighbourhood in Microsoft Windows.
There are three methods to install smbnetfs 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 smbnetfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smbnetfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smbnetfs
Install smbnetfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smbnetfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smbnetfs
Install smbnetfs 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 smbnetfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smbnetfs
How To Uninstall smbnetfs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the smbnetfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smbnetfs
Uninstall smbnetfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smbnetfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smbnetfs
Remove smbnetfs Configurations and Data
To remove smbnetfs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smbnetfs
Remove smbnetfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smbnetfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smbnetfs
Dependencies
smbnetfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smbnetfs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.