How to Install and Uninstall telnet Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 18,2024

1. Install "telnet" package

This guide let you learn how to install telnet on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: telnet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-41.2build1
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: 159
Provides: telnet-client
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.15), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Replaces: netstd
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-41.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 64016
MD5sum: 45da1821924b12ffa742495c5aa012c8
SHA1: 61e01f43d5ea02b50d48b8a175a0e4b7524db9a5
SHA256: 65e6bf503f79c257f2e8d9111b12ec16725f7810424334f83dcb0cdc1f7d9d09
SHA512: e9fb5aeb345121c8ebbbd780d1ae5bbe18e9a7174c0e9cdc050635f2d48d011cb82eb511f868d6c7cb00dff65dfc0a159e721e16691e4d2a1cb2295f47c543ff
Description-en: basic telnet client
The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host
using the TELNET protocol.
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For the purpose of remote login, the present client executable should be
depreciated in favour of an ssh-client, or in some cases with variants like
telnet-ssl or Kerberized TELNET clients. The most important reason is that
this implementation exchanges user name and password in clear text.
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On the other hand, the present program does satisfy common use cases of
network diagnostics, like protocol testing of SMTP services, so it can
become handy enough.
Description-md5: 80f238fa65c82c04a1590f2a062f47bb
Task: standard