How To Install libsmbclient-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libsmbclient-dev
libsmbclient-dev is:
This package provides the development files (static library and headers) required for building applications against libsmbclient, a library that enables client applications to talk to Microsoft Windows and Samba servers using the SMB/CIFS protocol.
There are three methods to install libsmbclient-dev
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 libsmbclient-dev 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-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsmbclient-dev
Install libsmbclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmbclient-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsmbclient-dev
Install libsmbclient-dev 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-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsmbclient-dev
How To Uninstall libsmbclient-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libsmbclient-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsmbclient-dev
Uninstall libsmbclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsmbclient-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmbclient-dev
Remove libsmbclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsmbclient-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsmbclient-dev
Remove libsmbclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsmbclient-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmbclient-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.