How to Install and Uninstall cifs-utils Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "cifs-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cifs-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: cifs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:6.11-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 317
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), 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:any
Suggests: keyutils, smbclient, winbind, bash-completion
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
Filename: pool/main/c/cifs-utils/cifs-utils_6.11-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 87548
MD5sum: 9c2667de244732c193123720c789aa7f
SHA1: 94dd881814881530b20b47fc65473b5d25b7b891
SHA256: 2455e8ae144d5705ed51078d63ed94fb33e3c119dcdc9221c8bf40486beb9ff1
SHA512: b29b40f8e06e98801eae8e93a020f75e3dc0389d128d8a96046796298245cb7fef43baebf471af2b688fdf9d56ed2beefbb1377e006f3723b7544840483645eb
Homepage: https://www.samba.org/~jlayton/cifs-utils/
Description-en: 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: 935040b98485786df2e3f301255ff219
Task: samba-server, ubuntu-live, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live