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

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "telnet" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install telnet on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall telnet on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: telnet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17-42
Priority: standard
Section: net
Source: netkit-telnet
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
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_0.17-42_amd64.deb
Size: 64772
MD5sum: ab9b7b10b1beb416a54b24b1720d9886
SHA1: ee994b8753f24d20b51cf60997feea299b68cf8c
SHA256: 7ff3a8a3466a3f95bc2679d11d488b5312a63fe2a48f3b2e163d3e7652360211
SHA512: b7ab145ce10ef3befd74c9f893a2f0bbe7ef42190d38bb0a5cc1e8ec0c206de4a7f77626897306dd518aa8a35b30e2e1b804d30dd2f613653534bc69a04b7534
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