How to Install and Uninstall netcat-openbsd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: September 16,2024

1. Install "netcat-openbsd" package

This tutorial shows how to install netcat-openbsd on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall netcat-openbsd on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                netcat-openbsd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the netcat-openbsd package on Kali Linux

Package: netcat-openbsd
Version: 1.226-1
Installed-Size: 109
Maintainer: Guilhem Moulin
Architecture: amd64
Provides: netcat
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 41952
SHA256: a1b2efc67ad25aad07fe8ae68357d45221822b32d50b6aa8401d60f1242e9bef
SHA1: f814eeeb7f015e7e7c477519da35719f270f0c08
MD5sum: fca3f74afc960dd6ec653ab2ef6c8029
Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife
A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections
using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool
that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At
the same time it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool,
since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has
several interesting built-in capabilities.
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This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, including support for
IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets.
Description-md5:
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, protocol::tcp, protocol::udp,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::bsd, use::transmission,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.226-1_amd64.deb