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

Last updated: April 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "telnet" package

Please follow the instructions below to install telnet on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                telnet
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the telnet package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: telnet
Source: inetutils (2:2.4-2+deb12u1)
Version: 0.17+2.4-2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: all
Depends: inetutils-telnet
Description: transitional dummy package for inetutils-telnet default switch
Description-md5: 2bdfc811442cfda6d93ae5dd43ad6f6f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/inetutils/telnet_0.17+2.4-2+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 41060
MD5sum: ab69c283c02b2a7d8994d99610ace00c
SHA256: a6b707b8ba0371fd15dd571937872d30ead9d725666beee68330c1b85f519f41