How to Install and Uninstall telnetd Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "telnetd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install telnetd on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall telnetd on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: telnetd
Source: netkit-telnet
Version: 0.17-42
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Provides: telnet-server
Depends: adduser, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, passwd, libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: basic telnet server
Description-md5: a4202bf9442b809f894e67eab2f3633e
Tag: admin::login, interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::telnet, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::login
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-42_amd64.deb
Size: 45388
MD5sum: 79aae486b21f175f049bd8ac6599d280
SHA256: 8c58e906549ffad2133c85a7d50799e3bdb04e2b3d1250a7193c12b2234b0911