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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "netcat-traditional" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install netcat-traditional on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "netcat-traditional" package

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


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

Package: netcat-traditional
Source: netcat
Version: 1.10-41.1
Installed-Size: 136
Maintainer: Ruben Molina
Architecture: amd64
Provides: netcat
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife
Description-md5: 83fb6fcb16e6638fb447527fffff1e0a
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, protocol::tcp, protocol::udp,
role::program, scope::utility, use::transmission
Section: net
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/n/netcat/netcat-traditional_1.10-41.1_amd64.deb
Size: 66894
MD5sum: 2aa3ca08389e4ad6868cc622626304e6
SHA256: c93954faae08c48d4ad49315a53c90ac56522943782d5b72a28a8c1ceb06a175