How To Install samba-libs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-libs on Debian 9.
What is samba-libs
samba-libs 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 the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install samba-libs on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install samba-libs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install samba-libs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install samba-libs
Install samba-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install samba-libs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install samba-libs
Install samba-libs 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install samba-libs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install samba-libs
How To Uninstall samba-libs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the samba-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove samba-libs
Uninstall samba-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall samba-libs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove samba-libs
Remove samba-libs Configurations and Data
To remove samba-libs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge samba-libs
Remove samba-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove samba-libs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge samba-libs
Dependencies
samba-libs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-libs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.