How to Install and Uninstall autofs Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "autofs" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install autofs on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall autofs on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: autofs
Version: 5.1.7-1
Installed-Size: 954
Maintainer: Mike Gabriel
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Provides: autofs5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), ucf
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools, e2fsprogs
Breaks: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Description: kernel-based automounter for Linux
Description-md5: c2943d4026686519e74f5ea404af6a90
Homepage: https://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_5.1.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 295536
MD5sum: f71b3fc3b609e3d40fb1112ddf88b6d5
SHA256: b0522e4df5aa4dc514ec33529985abbf9e2e623158a2ab426ad358d5efd640b8