How to Install and Uninstall netcat-traditional Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "netcat-traditional" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install netcat-traditional on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall netcat-traditional on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: netcat-traditional
Source: netcat
Version: 1.10-47
Installed-Size: 143
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Provides: netcat
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife
Description-md5: 83fb6fcb16e6638fb447527fffff1e0a
Homepage: http://www.stearns.org/nc/
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_1.10-47_amd64.deb
Size: 67876
MD5sum: 98559bdec283c5c12657cd1c384c259c
SHA256: 3c6e28a0b42c3a31268979797f48bab9d38158c9ffdb924b3f2776406e64f8c2