How To Install fusesmb on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusesmb on Ubuntu 22.04. fusesmb is filesystem client based on the SMB file transfer protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusesmb on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is fusesmb

fusesmb is:

fusesmb is a filesystem client based on the SMB file transfer protocol. This gives the ability to transparently exchange files with Microsoft Windows servers and Unix servers running Samba.

It is based on FUSE (userspace filesystem framework for Linux), thus you will have to prepare fuse kernel module to be able to use it.

There are three methods to install fusesmb on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fusesmb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fusesmb

Install fusesmb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fusesmb

Install fusesmb 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 fusesmb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fusesmb

How To Uninstall fusesmb on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fusesmb

Uninstall fusesmb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fusesmb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusesmb

Remove fusesmb Configurations and Data

To remove fusesmb configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fusesmb

Remove fusesmb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusesmb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusesmb package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.