How to Install and Uninstall ncat Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the ncat on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "ncat" package

Learn how to install ncat on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ncat on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ncat
Source: nmap
Version: 7.93+dfsg1-1
Installed-Size: 532
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), liblua5.3-0, libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Description: NMAP netcat reimplementation
Description-md5: c813db1c4353f6959ccedbe324259549
Homepage: https://nmap.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nmap/ncat_7.93+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 383704
MD5sum: cfde16e21fd6bbcee04541ad68b47455
SHA256: 948035f4aa0cdb1a3011866f0a0881a0b58abe641c793d5b80dea64455253c35