How To Install am-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install am-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is am-utils
am-utils is:
Am-utils is a set of tools for automounting filesystems: mounting a filesystem “on demand” when it is first referenced, and unmounting it later if it is no more needed.
Am-utils contains the amd automounter.
There are three methods to install am-utils 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 am-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install am-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install am-utils
Install am-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install am-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install am-utils
Install am-utils 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 am-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install am-utils
How To Uninstall am-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the am-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove am-utils
Uninstall am-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall am-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove am-utils
Remove am-utils Configurations and Data
To remove am-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge am-utils
Remove am-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove am-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge am-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install am-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
