How to Install and Uninstall telnet.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: January 06,2025

1. Install "telnet.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install telnet.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                telnet.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "telnet.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall telnet.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                telnet.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the telnet.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : telnet
Arch : x86_64
Epoch : 1
Version : 0.17
Release : 65.amzn2
Size : 64 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : The client program for the Telnet remote login protocol
URL : http://web.archive.org/web/20070819111735/www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dholland/computers/old-netkit.html
License : BSD
Description : Telnet is a popular protocol for logging into remote systems over
: the Internet. The package provides a command line Telnet client