Install smbclient on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install smbclient
Learn how to install smbclient with the command sudo apt-get install smbclient on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of smbclient:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: smbclient
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install smbclient
Package Details | |
| Package: | smbclient |
| Version: | 2:3.6.25-0ubuntu0.12.04.4 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.samba.org |
| Description: | command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems. . This package contains command-line utilities for accessing Microsoft Windows and Samba servers, including smbclient, smbtar, and smbspool. Utilities for mounting shares locally are found in the package cifs-utils. Homepage: http://www.samba.org |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | net |
How to install smbclient on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If smbclient is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L smbclient' will give followin error.
Installing smbclient:
After system update use the following command to install smbclient:
sudo apt-get install smbclient
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove smbclient from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the smbclient from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the smbclient following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove smbclient
Following command is used to remove the smbclient package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove smbclient
This will remove smbclient and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing smbclient with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge smbclient
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove smbclient
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with smbclient package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.