How To Install smbnetfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is smbnetfs

smbnetfs is:

A user-space filesystem that contains an entire SMB/NMB network under a single mount point. Workgroups, servers and shares can be browsed much like the Network Neighbourhood in Microsoft Windows.

There are three methods to install smbnetfs 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 smbnetfs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smbnetfs

Install smbnetfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smbnetfs

Install smbnetfs 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 smbnetfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smbnetfs

How To Uninstall smbnetfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove smbnetfs

Uninstall smbnetfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smbnetfs

Remove smbnetfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smbnetfs

Remove smbnetfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smbnetfs

Dependencies

smbnetfs have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfuse2
• libglib2.0-0
• libsecret-1-0
• libsmbclient

References

• smbnetfs website

Summary

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