How To Install libpam-mount-bin on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-mount-bin
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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
There are three methods to install libpam-mount-bin
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 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-mount-bin
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.