How To Install python-samba on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-samba
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-samba
python-samba is:
Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems. Samba can also function as a domain controller or member server in both NT4-style and Active Directory domains.
This package contains Python bindings for most Samba libraries.
There are three methods to install python-samba
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-samba Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-samba
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-samba
Install python-samba Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-samba
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-samba
Install python-samba 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 python-samba
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-samba
How To Uninstall python-samba on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-samba
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-samba
Uninstall python-samba And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-samba
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-samba
Remove python-samba Configurations and Data
To remove python-samba
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-samba
Remove python-samba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-samba
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-samba
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-samba
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.