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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "usbmount" package

Please follow the steps below to install usbmount on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall usbmount on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                usbmount
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the usbmount package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: usbmount
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 81
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Architecture: all
Version: 0.0.22
Depends: lockfile-progs, udev, util-linux (>> 2.16)
Recommends: pmount
Filename: pool/universe/u/usbmount/usbmount_0.0.22_all.deb
Size: 15110
MD5sum: 9aca7abdd1029916c854e3731f28eb8a
SHA1: f2038321fda724e78a5bfbca5af0ebd25071a3b7
SHA256: d911dd20bb2801248206e353c9c6aa79b5874fc9e594354bbfecbf34b5de589e
Description-en: automatically mount and unmount USB mass storage devices
This package automatically mounts USB mass storage devices (typically
USB pens) when they are plugged in, and unmounts them when they are
removed. The mountpoints (/media/usb[0-7] by default), filesystem types
to consider, and mount options are configurable. When multiple devices
are plugged in, the first available mountpoint is automatically
selected. If the device provides a model name, a symbolic link
/var/run/usbmount/MODELNAME pointing to the mountpoint is automatically
created.
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The script that does the mounting is called by the udev daemon.
Therefore, USBmount requires a 2.6 (or newer) Linux kernel.
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Firewire devices are also supported by USBmount.
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USBmount is intended as a lightweight solution which is independent of
a desktop environment. Users which would like an icon to appear when an
USB device is plugged in should use the pmount and hal packages
instead.
Description-md5: 665bf065788bff1ada4b796e26321438
Homepage: http://usbmount.alioth.debian.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu