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

Last updated: March 28,2024

1. Install "xinetd" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install xinetd

2. Uninstall "xinetd" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xinetd on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove xinetd $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the xinetd package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: xinetd
Version: 1:2.3.15.3-1
Installed-Size: 319
Maintainer: Salvo 'LtWorf' Tomaselli
Architecture: amd64
Provides: inet-superserver
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), netbase, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: rsyslog | system-log-daemon, logrotate, update-inetd
Conflicts: inet-superserver
Description: replacement for inetd with many enhancements
Description-md5: dc305c474ff901c52b71c07c0ec109d0
Homepage: https://github.com/openSUSE/xinetd
Tag: interface::daemon, network::server, network::service, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 133360
MD5sum: db5d1f6228ccc91f0addb4e51d31edc8
SHA256: 48382ccf1ce880fed5742b324396f0c9218afad3511ca714053ecdb31c446f5c