How to Install and Uninstall ncat Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ncat" package

Please follow the steps below to install ncat on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ncat on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ncat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ncat package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: ncat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.91+dfsg1+really7.80+dfsg1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: nmap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 247
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), liblua5.3-0, libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Breaks: nmap (<< 7.70+dfsg1-2~)
Replaces: nmap (<< 7.70+dfsg1-2~)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nmap/ncat_7.91+dfsg1+really7.80+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 94928
MD5sum: 4625124349f9145073a6ceef5bcdc239
SHA1: fcac8a502bb00a848c1e46d130184a499de7de19
SHA256: a42c84476e6faa1755250fa946cc0e07a6cc88031e78960523776f9a84d13ba2
SHA512: 506e8f980f7f1db078fb5526aac3101594cd358a85938141742f37bff26b6d1af499ac1adf574135ac29d0bde481afb5f3ae910b197aca452519afabf990b649
Homepage: https://nmap.org/
Description-en: NMAP netcat reimplementation
ncat is a reimplementation of Netcat by the NMAP project, providing
most of the features present in the original implementations, along
with some new features such as IPv6 and SSL support. Port scanning
support has been removed.
Description-md5: c813db1c4353f6959ccedbe324259549