Install samba on Ubuntu 16.04 desktop












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Trying to access windows share folder from Ubuntu 16.04 desktop and following dialog appears.




smb Unhandled error message: Failed to retrieve share list from server: No such file or directory




I find out my default Ubuntu don't have samba installed when i try to install



sudo apt install samba


It failes with following trace



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
samba : Depends: python-samba but it is not going to be installed
Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwbclient0 (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Recommends: attr
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.









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  • The samba package contains the server software. You don't need it to access CIFS resources on other machines.

    – David Foerster
    Mar 8 '17 at 10:08
















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Trying to access windows share folder from Ubuntu 16.04 desktop and following dialog appears.




smb Unhandled error message: Failed to retrieve share list from server: No such file or directory




I find out my default Ubuntu don't have samba installed when i try to install



sudo apt install samba


It failes with following trace



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
samba : Depends: python-samba but it is not going to be installed
Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwbclient0 (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Recommends: attr
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.









share|improve this question























  • The samba package contains the server software. You don't need it to access CIFS resources on other machines.

    – David Foerster
    Mar 8 '17 at 10:08














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Trying to access windows share folder from Ubuntu 16.04 desktop and following dialog appears.




smb Unhandled error message: Failed to retrieve share list from server: No such file or directory




I find out my default Ubuntu don't have samba installed when i try to install



sudo apt install samba


It failes with following trace



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
samba : Depends: python-samba but it is not going to be installed
Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwbclient0 (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Recommends: attr
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.









share|improve this question














Trying to access windows share folder from Ubuntu 16.04 desktop and following dialog appears.




smb Unhandled error message: Failed to retrieve share list from server: No such file or directory




I find out my default Ubuntu don't have samba installed when i try to install



sudo apt install samba


It failes with following trace



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
samba : Depends: python-samba but it is not going to be installed
Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwbclient0 (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1) but 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed
Recommends: attr
Recommends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.






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  • The samba package contains the server software. You don't need it to access CIFS resources on other machines.

    – David Foerster
    Mar 8 '17 at 10:08



















  • The samba package contains the server software. You don't need it to access CIFS resources on other machines.

    – David Foerster
    Mar 8 '17 at 10:08

















The samba package contains the server software. You don't need it to access CIFS resources on other machines.

– David Foerster
Mar 8 '17 at 10:08





The samba package contains the server software. You don't need it to access CIFS resources on other machines.

– David Foerster
Mar 8 '17 at 10:08










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First use sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -f install, then run sudo apt install samba again.






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