How to Install and Uninstall netkit-telnet Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: March 15,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "netkit-telnet" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install netkit-telnet on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall netkit-telnet on Kali Linux:


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

Package: netkit-telnet
Version: 0.17-48
Installed-Size: 163
Maintainer: Simon Josefsson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd, telnet (<< 0.17-46)
Provides: telnet-client
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.34), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Breaks: telnet (<< 0.17-46)
Size: 71704
SHA256: c263553e792d8dbab15a231a4894ef008cd9e0e786c24221c83db93037dc17c8
SHA1: 637ddde5dd20b926e8dc267619bd3346541b87fa
MD5sum: 4dd05f0985cce17eab8cf11dc17f60d5
Description: basic telnet client
The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host
using the TELNET protocol.
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For the purpose of remote login, the present client executable should be
depreciated in favour of an ssh-client, or in some cases with variants like
telnet-ssl or Kerberized TELNET clients. The most important reason is that
this implementation exchanges user name and password in clear text.
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On the other hand, the present program does satisfy common use cases of
network diagnostics, like protocol testing of SMTP services, so it can
become handy enough.
Description-md5: 80f238fa65c82c04a1590f2a062f47bb
Homepage: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dholland/computers/netkit.html
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17-48_amd64.deb