Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is autofs
autofs is:
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.
Package: autofs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.6-2
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Mike Gabriel [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3373
Provides: autofs5
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), ucf
Recommends: nfs-common, kmod | module-init-tools, e2fsprogs
Breaks: autofs5 (« 5.0.6-1~)
Replaces: autofs5 (« 5.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/main/a/autofs/autofs_5.1.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 515768
MD5sum: c7a2a68733e71f3d56e42768bc373e0e
SHA1: 79718de1029e65df3facbe9da66d90242977d389
SHA256: a3b6d239802b38746d4df2997bc409e019c75cf6ce6ba62b7cdc8191f70c91d0
Homepage: https://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.
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.
There are three methods to install autofs on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install autofs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autofs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autofs
Install autofs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autofs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autofs
Install autofs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install autofs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autofs
How To Uninstall autofs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the autofs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autofs
Uninstall autofs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autofs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autofs
Remove autofs Configurations and Data
To remove autofs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autofs
Remove autofs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autofs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autofs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
