How to Install and Uninstall cifs-utils Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "cifs-utils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: cifs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2
Priority: optional
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 261
Depends: samba-common, libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap-ng0, 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)
Suggests: keyutils, smbclient, winbind
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
Filename: pool/main/c/cifs-utils/cifs-utils_6.8-1ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 81500
MD5sum: f8c980bc232dc54030b8732d046f7756
SHA1: 8a76719b2e08a35aa6d1845212fd8bdbc729cdca
SHA256: bac169cab38b1478bfb365e5e25a15d0793433e05158128e99376ba7d1695e2e
SHA512: e1471c4a1ea4ec154a29f5a7a9598debcd14e38b41c1ade2adfaaa342100a7ff57102b4b422386201cc20d4c510a687ab117730a3ea40508cef4089ed882519b
Homepage: http://www.samba.org/~jlayton/cifs-utils/
Description: Common Internet File System utilities
Description-md5: 935040b98485786df2e3f301255ff219
Task: ubuntu-live, samba-server, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live-share, lubuntu-live, lubuntu-live-qt, lubuntu-live-gtk, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live
Supported: 5y

Package: cifs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:6.8-1
Priority: optional
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 226
Depends: samba-common, libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap-ng0, 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)
Suggests: keyutils, smbclient, winbind
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
Filename: pool/main/c/cifs-utils/cifs-utils_6.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 71544
MD5sum: e91f5f1da616270b9167a321fcd67b0f
SHA1: 585034f8071c1ad722f3551e6b236256974e254d
SHA256: 971457ff59a8045edbeaa8fa6803659d9fafe3c5e62fdb66064447deab496063
Homepage: http://www.samba.org/~jlayton/cifs-utils/
Description: Common Internet File System utilities
Description-md5: 935040b98485786df2e3f301255ff219
Task: ubuntu-live, samba-server, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live-share, lubuntu-live, lubuntu-live-qt, lubuntu-live-gtk, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live
Supported: 5y