How to Install and Uninstall netcat-openbsd Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "netcat-openbsd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install netcat-openbsd on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install netcat-openbsd

2. Uninstall "netcat-openbsd" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall netcat-openbsd on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove netcat-openbsd $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the netcat-openbsd package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: netcat-openbsd
Version: 1.195-2
Installed-Size: 102
Maintainer: Aron Xu
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netcat (<< 1.10-35)
Provides: netcat
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.25)
Breaks: netcat (<< 1.10-35)
Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife
Description-md5: a496fe77780d0b39750c43d6b6259b00
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, protocol::tcp, protocol::udp,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::bsd, use::transmission,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.195-2_amd64.deb
Size: 41176
MD5sum: 9cfb524d607023e1f4f588434831734f
SHA256: 6eb076768b65b11cb78fd1a8ecd9c4c05411658482bd34d9e61cceec6832e4e8