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

Last updated: May 07,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "telnetd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install telnetd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall telnetd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: telnetd
Source: inetutils (2:2.4-2+deb12u1)
Version: 0.17+2.4-2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: all
Depends: inetutils-telnetd, update-inetd
Description: transitional dummy package for inetutils-telnetd default switch
Description-md5: 083b8fb4eaa7fdae2a08f7505f8c1161
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/inetutils/telnetd_0.17+2.4-2+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 41140
MD5sum: e14f24bcc6468eda3fcd849bc81a896d
SHA256: 9101d68ac74b6e883b316926af06f02741bdef3fba1b86586ea3661794dd0fa0