How to Install and Uninstall cifs-utils Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "cifs-utils" package

Learn how to install cifs-utils on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cifs-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cifs-utils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall cifs-utils on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cifs-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cifs-utils package on Kali Linux

Package: cifs-utils
Version: 2:7.0-2
Installed-Size: 317
Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213), libwbclient0 (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), python3
Recommends: keyutils
Suggests: smbclient, winbind, bash-completion
Size: 94868
SHA256: 54ec40bc2a04419adfc807687cd660b40a7167ac2678a190e7954de668e55fb5
SHA1: fdb5b607ecf5ce342368ce03bab1aa47306c81f6
MD5sum: b7aa8ae5e6985271650a9aea08158815
Description: Common Internet File System utilities
The SMB/CIFS protocol provides support for cross-platform file sharing with
Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems.
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This package provides utilities for managing mounts of CIFS network
file systems.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.samba.org/~jlayton/cifs-utils/
Tag: admin::filesystem, admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, protocol::smb,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility, suite::samba
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cifs-utils/cifs-utils_7.0-2_amd64.deb