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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xinetd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xinetd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xinetd 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 xinetd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xinetd
Source: xinetd (1:2.3.15.3-1)
Version: 1:2.3.15.3-1+b1
Installed-Size: 324
Maintainer: Salvo 'LtWorf' Tomaselli
Architecture: amd64
Provides: inet-superserver
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), 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+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 134404
MD5sum: 8ca1c2f9a78270ed63963bcd56962b26
SHA256: b1d55de87555ed201febd3c902fa4824bf6f5305a8417efded262f805718c9ff