How To Install libsmbclient on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient on Ubuntu 20.04. libsmbclient is shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libsmbclient`

libsmbclient is:

This package provides a shared library that enables client applications to talk to Microsoft Windows and Samba servers using the SMB/CIFS protocol. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libsmbclient Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libs Source: samba Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 330 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~) Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libtalloc2 (>= 2.2.0~), libtevent0 (>= 0.10.0~), libwbclient0 (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8) Filename: pool/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8_amd64.deb Size: 59048 MD5sum: ea87585311086e294bf17e27b177efff SHA1: 3d95a70bfe8ca48302eafa94b1162fdbc773a6c1 SHA256: 611784d85b3b9949e98a5ac2b18264e1db42c74de23edf7054777057880c714c SHA512: 0f174432c53c189c71115d5f359e6fdf177df96ffb9d9438f36d89fe9dbb1d978ef4ec35c111dc245bfc138621c59246c4942c59ed04810f2241463f74927b63 Homepage: http://www.samba.org Description-en: shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers This package provides a shared library that enables client applications to talk to Microsoft Windows and Samba servers using the SMB/CIFS protocol. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libsmbclient Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libs Source: samba Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 328 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~) Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libtalloc2 (>= 2.2.0~), libtevent0 (>= 0.10.0~), libwbclient0 (= 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 59208 MD5sum: 660877f61ee4f70a417af118a23d3da9 SHA1: 8ee396de2efd731894f85cd37d083fee38ceed22 SHA256: 3a51b188d83bf5ceeb4336e2387a8d1bea613379f58ed58e2acec870e1e1c5a9 Homepage: http://www.samba.org Description-en: shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers This package provides a shared library that enables client applications to talk to Microsoft Windows and Samba servers using the SMB/CIFS protocol. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install libsmbclient 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 libsmbclient Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsmbclient

Install libsmbclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmbclient using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsmbclient

Install libsmbclient 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 libsmbclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsmbclient

How To Uninstall libsmbclient on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libsmbclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsmbclient

Uninstall libsmbclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsmbclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmbclient

Remove libsmbclient Configurations and Data

To remove libsmbclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsmbclient

Remove libsmbclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmbclient

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.