How to Install and Uninstall autofs Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "autofs" package

This tutorial shows how to install autofs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall autofs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: autofs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.6-4ubuntu1
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 (>= 2.32), libnsl2 (>= 1.0), 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_5.1.6-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 515716
MD5sum: 1812154ae2543cc2272e7fe11fb43031
SHA1: 7bfa6109da69be6a61de4d5ea56c0ce78272019d
SHA256: 7ed6894dffb9312a5b1a8a6cf58035653deadeaef024f626bcd1e65c146a6a94
SHA512: 4161d2476605cb2da2725f5ace1cc7af5028b61795db0b95c9310a02320df16bd906b14eb69d1e995242dabb8e78af3e3de4cddf908a9b21cf639fc3b7eb95c6
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