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

Last updated: April 27,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "smbclient" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install smbclient on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall smbclient 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 smbclient package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: smbclient
Source: samba
Version: 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1979
Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: samba-client
Depends: samba-common (= 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1), samba-libs (= 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1), libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.10.0+dfsg), libtalloc2 (>= 2.3.4~), libtevent0 (>= 0.13.0~)
Suggests: cifs-utils, heimdal-clients
Description: command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix
Description-md5: 476018eed30b7f1e76b02afe22aaf008
Homepage: https://www.samba.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
network::client, protocol::smb, role::program, suite::samba,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::browsing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/samba/smbclient_4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 441880
MD5sum: 2863170e548bceebc82e85d15ece1934
SHA256: 8bbd4cdf32efed10ebf0c608da5d59da3386186ae7b4a3b36197a28f7501f17a

Package: smbclient
Source: samba
Version: 2:4.17.9+dfsg-0+deb12u3
Installed-Size: 1977
Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: samba-client
Depends: samba-common (= 2:4.17.9+dfsg-0+deb12u3), samba-libs (= 2:4.17.9+dfsg-0+deb12u3), libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.10.0+dfsg), libtalloc2 (>= 2.3.4~), libtevent0 (>= 0.13.0~)
Suggests: cifs-utils, heimdal-clients
Description: command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix
Description-md5: 476018eed30b7f1e76b02afe22aaf008
Homepage: https://www.samba.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
network::client, protocol::smb, role::program, suite::samba,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::browsing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/samba/smbclient_4.17.9+dfsg-0+deb12u3_amd64.deb
Size: 439700
SHA256: 2c025de0f82544830ec2724485b2a789b1facbe611965a2419487d3ef4bf8acc