How to Install and Uninstall autofs Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "autofs" package

Learn how to install autofs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall autofs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: autofs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.1-1ubuntu3.1
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Tokarev
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2885
Provides: autofs5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), ucf
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools
Breaks: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Replaces: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/main/a/autofs/autofs_5.1.1-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 464128
MD5sum: 451d775a48b6c638d7431b8235da4d8e
SHA1: 3d881f340c8321cc095e373abbcb5ec2742dfc30
SHA256: d1d2c8a7a8f966ea1e01b8e4caaaabcf24a12f5623a8136020c55feaaf20de4a
SHA512: 5fe489753ec19858a6dc431e509bdf635c6e3a53b0e296c1e520ba28c1476dcb395dd2741011e241c4284345521c9f4eb415f2c68d2cc8a671eb20a024630dfc
Homepage: http://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
Supported: 5y

Package: autofs
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 2917
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Tokarev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.1-1ubuntu3
Replaces: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Provides: autofs5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), ucf
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools
Breaks: autofs5 (<< 5.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/main/a/autofs/autofs_5.1.1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 465520
MD5sum: b0877ef7833c7df9e5c43fc90b94db06
SHA1: 798a398ab3ffc88115636007f41750924883f142
SHA256: 1b8bb4943d637bc433385f557ac7c0dfdda84b3b0a82c650de6a7bf9527bf20c
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.
.
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.
.
This is the autofs daemon.
Description-md5: c2943d4026686519e74f5ea404af6a90
Homepage: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v5/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y