How To Install smbnetfs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smbnetfs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 smbnetfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smbnetfs
How To Uninstall smbnetfs on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smbnetfs
Remove smbnetfs Configurations and Data
To remove smbnetfs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smbnetfs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.