How to Install and Uninstall telnet Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: December 22,2024

1. Install "telnet" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install telnet on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall telnet on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                telnet
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the telnet package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: telnet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-44build1
Priority: standard
Section: net
Source: netkit-telnet
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 154
Provides: telnet-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libstdc++6 (>= 5), netbase
Replaces: netstd
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-44build1_amd64.deb
Size: 66948
MD5sum: 60b9f0b4791b3e2e3762c55fed5a8def
SHA1: dc38b9782cfea9a6bf32d25bc0e6c5d884fe214f
SHA256: 96daeef97f2a42d64aa8fec930340835655cd9df3f105613ca7a7405ba9b51be
SHA512: e908d476fbf8e6e1a0960e82c54828b8943753bd7f93a60c3b7854f08c3979df7d85097621037f55854dd6212c597d5032e2a070cc99edab2be6c39fb93c5027
Homepage: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dholland/computers/netkit.html
Description: basic telnet client
Description-md5: 80f238fa65c82c04a1590f2a062f47bb
Task: standard