How To Install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 22.04. cifs-utils is Common Internet File System utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cifs-utils

cifs-utils is:

The SMB/CIFS protocol provides support for cross-platform file sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems.

This package provides utilities for managing mounts of CIFS network file systems.

There are three methods to install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cifs-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cifs-utils

Install cifs-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cifs-utils

Install cifs-utils 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 cifs-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cifs-utils

How To Uninstall cifs-utils on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cifs-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cifs-utils

Uninstall cifs-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cifs-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cifs-utils

Remove cifs-utils Configurations and Data

To remove cifs-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cifs-utils

Remove cifs-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cifs-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cifs-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.