How to Install and Uninstall autofs Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "autofs" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install autofs on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall autofs on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: autofs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.2
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Tokarev
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2939
Provides: autofs5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), ucf
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools
Breaks: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Replaces: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/main/a/autofs/autofs_5.1.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb
Size: 475356
MD5sum: 0a941c9078efb1dad55c8b0822bfc84f
SHA1: 61c1a6f9b315c1139800ce0442207bde31a8d149
SHA256: f71e28a30977f4a48f1f8edca4af5c00189da321e74db59c0470965bd0c82fc4
SHA512: 101d1bd5642412cb29875ea9ef3973bd21a9c0a3b1c5558b6b3e47dcaecdd4fa5eb151ebd2a4a5679e7df1fda4cc531e99f55f870d8fcb0780fab7da8988fdbe
Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v5/
Description: kernel-based automounter for Linux
Description-md5: c2943d4026686519e74f5ea404af6a90
Supported: 5y

Package: autofs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.2-1ubuntu3
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Tokarev
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2931
Provides: autofs5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), ucf
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools
Breaks: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Replaces: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/main/a/autofs/autofs_5.1.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 476824
MD5sum: 051ece96b189d4f1bf23738bfb01180f
SHA1: b388783f18d5070f6d8362ccf9006a46af94fd45
SHA256: dc83778a44a363b2b38a9b922aa6dc7d562cdcf3ac9d8878697de7663b5d40a9
Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v5/
Description: kernel-based automounter for Linux
Description-md5: c2943d4026686519e74f5ea404af6a90
Supported: 5y