How To Install smbc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smbc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is smbc
smbc is:
Simple Samba Commander is a text mode SMB network commander. In SMBC, you can browse the local network or you can use the search function to find the files. You can also download/upload files and directories or create them both locally and remotely. SMBC has a resume function and supports UTF-8 characters.
There are three methods to install smbc 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 smbc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smbc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smbc
Install smbc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smbc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smbc
Install smbc 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 smbc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smbc
How To Uninstall smbc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the smbc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smbc
Uninstall smbc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smbc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smbc
Remove smbc Configurations and Data
To remove smbc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smbc
Remove smbc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smbc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smbc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smbc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
