How to Install and Uninstall autofs Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "autofs" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install autofs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall autofs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: autofs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.6-3ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mike Gabriel
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3450
Provides: autofs5
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), ucf
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools, e2fsprogs
Breaks: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Replaces: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/main/a/autofs/autofs_5.1.6-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 515256
MD5sum: 033531bf609cb36d6018e0f4062f5dd6
SHA1: 924f1c5bd9678c58cb7e0548bf5ba7ccaee519e7
SHA256: ea3d0707d9aff81e7ea1da5afca4577eb88fcd59f6e0d88b961416381c847194
SHA512: 693d2fb3a4fb71e918086098779e197861dc37760cf701fa99325e74acd36035b4e3bf08bd937679e51e704c39c859f42f1bd4bc2980e7f41f3230617ce4752a
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v5/
Description-en: kernel-based automounter for Linux
Autofs controls the operation of the automount daemons. The
automount daemons automatically mount filesystems when they
are used and unmount them after a period of inactivity. This
is done based on a set of pre-configured maps.
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The kernel automounter implements an almost complete SunOS
style automounter under Linux. A recent version of the kernel
autofs4 module (builtin or separate) is required.
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This is the autofs daemon.
Description-md5: c2943d4026686519e74f5ea404af6a90