How to Install and Uninstall ncat Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "ncat" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ncat on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ncat
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncat" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ncat on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ncat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ncat package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ncat
Source: nmap
Version: 7.70+dfsg1-6+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 517
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: nmap (<< 7.70+dfsg1-2~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), liblua5.3-0, libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Breaks: nmap (<< 7.70+dfsg1-2~)
Description: NMAP netcat reimplementation
Description-md5: c813db1c4353f6959ccedbe324259549
Homepage: https://nmap.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nmap/ncat_7.70+dfsg1-6+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 372204
MD5sum: 75505cecca3abccaaa306d41be9aaebb
SHA256: 22102d1ebc2bd60e50a1b691c29d81a7cc82165dd184aaf691e4b970b4ec7988