How to Install and Uninstall netcat-traditional Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "netcat-traditional" package

Please follow the guidance below to install netcat-traditional on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall netcat-traditional on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                netcat-traditional
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the netcat-traditional package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: netcat-traditional
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-41.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: netcat
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ruben Molina
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 140
Provides: netcat
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/n/netcat/netcat-traditional_1.10-41.1_amd64.deb
Size: 61690
MD5sum: f48dc46d46b1d121f1f73b4a439f642f
SHA1: a20c77b24fa186f2d1554ff2b607382521265be2
SHA256: 7ac50979ebff3d7d179ce4ea935b7ec1b0f30adc68c3dfc9379da88869069bef
Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife
Description-md5: 83fb6fcb16e6638fb447527fffff1e0a