How to Install and Uninstall telnet Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "telnet" package

Learn how to install telnet on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall telnet on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: telnet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-41
Priority: standard
Section: net
Source: netkit-telnet
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mats Erik Andersson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 161
Provides: telnet-client
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.15), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Replaces: netstd
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-41_amd64.deb
Size: 67080
MD5sum: 3f966c35595a3b69ead8d98f08d20e0c
SHA1: 0e9dcfbcbe4df023a51fcd006bc0377581113b97
SHA256: 2c9f3f589180be0d85ef6ad9c15de43296449c2f703af91539b2d23afeac82ea
Description: basic telnet client
Description-md5: 80f238fa65c82c04a1590f2a062f47bb
Task: standard
Supported: 5y