How to Install and Uninstall telnet-server.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "telnet-server.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install telnet-server.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install telnet-server.x86_64

2. Uninstall "telnet-server.x86_64" package

Learn how to uninstall telnet-server.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:

$ sudo dnf remove telnet-server.x86_64 $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the telnet-server.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : telnet-server
Epoch : 1
Version : 0.17
Release : 73.el8_1.1
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 48 k
Source : telnet-0.17-73.el8_1.1.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : The server 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 includes a daemon that supports Telnet remote
: logins into the host machine. The daemon is disabled by default.
: You may enable the daemon by editing /etc/xinetd.d/telnet