How to Install and Uninstall cifs-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "cifs-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cifs-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cifs-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cifs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1
Priority: optional
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 226
Depends: samba-common, libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap-ng0, 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)
Recommends: keyutils
Suggests: smbclient, winbind
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
Filename: pool/main/c/cifs-utils/cifs-utils_6.4-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 74468
MD5sum: bff3c52d99bee66c82a874ffddb45878
SHA1: f0396fb3d530dc8b7e74f27b4ce1b18157bf29aa
SHA256: edf186631b516c35922ed5c52167130966673500b3ca6f73c079efd1c50caee1
SHA512: 5ec1a8c018e1342f006723a23180ce5cda79768f523c3a6a7d41b4f4613508cb699b959749787cdc5f27c8ab2649445918dc4e41ebb7afeae2eae49d3afdb80a
Homepage: http://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: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-usb-live, samba-server, edubuntu-usb-live, xubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live
Supported: 5y

Package: cifs-utils
Priority: optional
Section: otherosfs
Installed-Size: 209
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Samba Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:6.4-1ubuntu1
Replaces: smbfs (<< 2:4.0~rc1-1)
Depends: samba-common, libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap-ng0, libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213), libwbclient0 (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1)
Recommends: keyutils
Suggests: smbclient, winbind
Filename: pool/main/c/cifs-utils/cifs-utils_6.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 69430
MD5sum: 54142149f6e03cb337dad699309ecd8e
SHA1: d98520df1ff3f87619b8998ce6f60fbe883bd6e7
SHA256: fd46a387ba79603aa594aef77722f4b3827f62b51852a2aa29cbc3808041de25
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.
.
This package provides utilities for managing mounts of CIFS network
file systems.
Description-md5: 935040b98485786df2e3f301255ff219
Homepage: http://www.samba.org/~jlayton/cifs-utils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-usb-live, samba-server, edubuntu-usb-live, xubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live