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

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "telnetd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install telnetd on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall telnetd on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: telnetd
Source: netkit-telnet
Version: 0.17-41.2
Installed-Size: 115
Maintainer: Mats Erik Andersson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Provides: telnet-server
Depends: adduser, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, passwd, libc6 (>= 2.15), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: basic telnet server
Description-md5: a4202bf9442b809f894e67eab2f3633e
Tag: admin::login, interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::telnet, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::login
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-41.2_amd64.deb
Size: 44944
MD5sum: a1dc301cd52ef3c653dbdd6f44130b31
SHA256: 283622e0ec0791d562c6a3b663929672524c234bf6fbed8501956d7389715066