How To Install libpam-mount-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-mount-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpam-mount-bin
libpam-mount-bin is:
This module is aimed at environments with central file servers that a user wishes to mount on login and unmount on logout, such as (semi-)diskless stations where many users can login.
The module also supports mounting local filesystems of any kind the normal mount utility supports, with extra code to make sure certain volumes are set up properly because often they need more than just a mount call, such as encrypted volumes. This includes SMB/CIFS, FUSE, dm-crypt and LUKS.
This package contains helper binaries
Package: libpam-mount-bin Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.16-10 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: admin Source: libpam-mount Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jochen Sprickerhof [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 159 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:1.4), libhx28 (>= 3.22), libpam-mount (>= 2.16) Breaks: libpam-mount (« 2.16-7) Replaces: libpam-mount (« 2.16-7) Filename: pool/main/libp/libpam-mount/libpam-mount-bin_2.16-10_amd64.deb Size: 28088 MD5sum: cca4cd43f4f38675d558c444c8472562 SHA1: 1f4c69c8978d33870be65fabc91fe78e3d3322b4 SHA256: 6e7f119aaafd9060521117b072a7b900e0d8e65ce5c6aecef4a98e8b9ce78834 Homepage: http://pam-mount.sourceforge.net/ Description-en: PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session - helper This module is aimed at environments with central file servers that a user wishes to mount on login and unmount on logout, such as (semi-)diskless stations where many users can login.
The module also supports mounting local filesystems of any kind the normal mount utility supports, with extra code to make sure certain volumes are set up properly because often they need more than just a mount call, such as encrypted volumes. This includes SMB/CIFS, FUSE, dm-crypt and LUKS.
This package contains helper binaries
There are three methods to install libpam-mount-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpam-mount-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-mount-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-mount-bin
Install libpam-mount-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-mount-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-mount-bin
Install libpam-mount-bin 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 libpam-mount-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-mount-bin
How To Uninstall libpam-mount-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpam-mount-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-mount-bin
Uninstall libpam-mount-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-mount-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-mount-bin
Remove libpam-mount-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-mount-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-mount-bin
Remove libpam-mount-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-mount-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-mount-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-mount-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.