How to Install and Uninstall cifs-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "cifs-utils" package

This guide let you learn how to install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall cifs-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cifs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:6.11-1ubuntu1
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
Suggests: keyutils, smbclient, winbind, bash-completion
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
Filename: pool/main/c/cifs-utils/cifs-utils_6.11-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 87836
MD5sum: 5454d6b7f2665cce7f4de2ed5d672e69
SHA1: 269321a6f37420bddf2d09f482d41f00f9fbfa79
SHA256: 7e5af0f8b1c5072e113a5ef387027cabaebb1868c936b41cb5ea320987e37278
SHA512: 25877da8d2e2609314eec4d05f8010dd973b75d94b74ef0f8acad7c6d30888c444b61406b4f9f49a226c37176c9a642bb395a5829cd8993edfeb609b2ff01988
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