How To Install smbclient on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbclient on Kali Linux.

What is smbclient

smbclient is:

Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems.

This package contains command-line utilities for accessing Microsoft Windows and Samba servers, including smbclient, smbtar, and smbspool. Utilities for mounting shares locally are found in the package cifs-utils.

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

Install smbclient Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smbclient

Install smbclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install smbclient using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smbclient

Install smbclient Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install smbclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smbclient

How To Uninstall smbclient on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the smbclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smbclient

Uninstall smbclient And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smbclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smbclient

Remove smbclient Configurations and Data

To remove smbclient configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smbclient

Remove smbclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smbclient

Dependencies

smbclient have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• samba-common

References

• smbclient website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbclient package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.