How To Install system-config-samba on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-samba on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is system-config-samba
system-config-samba is:
system-config-samba is a graphical user interface for creating, modifying, and deleting samba shares and users.
There are three methods to install system-config-samba 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 system-config-samba Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-samba using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install system-config-samba
Install system-config-samba Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-samba using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install system-config-samba
Install system-config-samba 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 system-config-samba using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install system-config-samba
How To Uninstall system-config-samba on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the system-config-samba package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove system-config-samba
Uninstall system-config-samba And Its Dependencies
To uninstall system-config-samba and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-config-samba
Remove system-config-samba Configurations and Data
To remove system-config-samba configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge system-config-samba
Remove system-config-samba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove system-config-samba configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-config-samba
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-samba package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
