How to Install and Uninstall libsmbclient Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libsmbclient on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libsmbclient" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libsmbclient on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libsmbclient on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsmbclient package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libsmbclient
Source: samba
Version: 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 236
Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.25), libtalloc2 (>= 2.3.4~), libtevent0 (>= 0.13.0~)
Description: shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers
Description-md5: 483547748179a567c24665e99ab5439e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.samba.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 82900
MD5sum: dde311a40ff81eb3427a944bbf1f8c4b
SHA256: ebe1a458ae86a52cac66e711cc720cc0557cced3e89030a413a9d7ad2e9cc503

Package: libsmbclient
Source: samba
Version: 2:4.17.9+dfsg-0+deb12u3
Installed-Size: 234
Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.17.9+dfsg-0+deb12u3), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.25), libtalloc2 (>= 2.3.4~), libtevent0 (>= 0.13.0~)
Description: shared library for communication with SMB/CIFS servers
Description-md5: 483547748179a567c24665e99ab5439e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.samba.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/samba/libsmbclient_4.17.9+dfsg-0+deb12u3_amd64.deb
Size: 81512
SHA256: 0f708cb38ae6506660f7696c3299e2f1c51699ba70481927ee71987cf139af68