How to Install and Uninstall telnet Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "telnet" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install telnet on openSuSE Tumbleweed

$ sudo zypper refresh $ sudo zypper install telnet

2. Uninstall "telnet" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall telnet on openSuSE Tumbleweed:

$ sudo zypper remove telnet

3. Information about the telnet package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package telnet:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : telnet
Version : 1.2-177.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 116.4 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : telnet-1.2-177.1.src
Upstream URL : https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/contrib/telnet/
Summary : A client program for the telnet remote login protocol
Description :
Telnet is an old protocol for logging into remote systems. It is
rarely used, since the transfer is not encrypted (ssh is mostly used
these days). The telnet client is often used for debugging other
network services. The command
telnet localhost 25
connects to the local smtp server, for example.