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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "tftpd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install tftpd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall tftpd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tftpd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tftpd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: tftpd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-22ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: netkit-tftp
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 48
Depends: xinetd | inet-superserver, libc6 (>= 2.11)
Replaces: netstd
Filename: pool/universe/n/netkit-tftp/tftpd_0.17-22ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 15176
MD5sum: fe21e6bf1d0795cbf15bbfb642970f0a
SHA1: 2668bc48f7702adaec23eab39bd0b345be91678f
SHA256: 504afbc2c0cd51d4a8247f05ed70a17ee7ddeb2bd4475acd400cb37f805e7e7e
SHA512: b190b9c2375747061240654fefcbeed61ccfc14892c235f0ea25b02fb6acd928c8f7e0f257639320fa4c62707fcddf6d97fac7a29473e31f8f1f342323eca9a5
Homepage: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dholland/computers/netkit.html
Description-en: Trivial file transfer protocol server
Tftpd is a server which supports the Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol
(RFC 783). The TFTP server operates at the port indicated in the `tftp'
service description; see services(5). The server is normally started by
inetd(8).
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Warning: Does not support 'tsize', which is required by some tftp clients,
especially PXE, and various other network boot clients. For those, use atftpd
or tftpd-hpa.
Description-md5: ec428ba3a959ec47a0f04737c352fc5d