How to Install and Uninstall autofs Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 05,2024

1. Install "autofs" package

Please follow the steps below to install autofs on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                autofs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "autofs" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall autofs on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                autofs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autofs package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: autofs
Version: 5.1.2-4
Installed-Size: 2988
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Provides: autofs5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), ucf
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools, e2fsprogs
Breaks: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Description: kernel-based automounter for Linux
Description-md5: c2943d4026686519e74f5ea404af6a90
Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v5/
Tag: admin::filesystem, hardware::storage, implemented-in::c,
interface::daemon, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/autofs/autofs_5.1.2-4_amd64.deb
Size: 501172
MD5sum: fe03c7c69e82e71ec727831a2a87ca95
SHA256: dfda2b85917b921e4691ba9b4c56dfa6054d22130e747e329ee05531f83f75d1