How to Install and Uninstall telnetd Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "telnetd" package

Please follow the steps below to install telnetd on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall telnetd on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                telnetd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the telnetd package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: telnetd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-41.2build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: netkit-telnet
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mats Erik Andersson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 111
Provides: telnet-server
Depends: adduser, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, passwd, libc6 (>= 2.15)
Replaces: netstd
Filename: pool/universe/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-41.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 38828
MD5sum: 5782381f9657c442e8a2f75a0bc0a3e6
SHA1: d93fdff1c9d01283e325ba6d38aefbe076e32471
SHA256: e48fd5d3566df4f0df41b5cfd576e48bde959c6568ec6e4446e2399c7ac77170
Description: basic telnet server
Description-md5: a4202bf9442b809f894e67eab2f3633e