How to Install and Uninstall xinetd Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xinetd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "xinetd" package

Learn how to install xinetd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall xinetd on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xinetd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xinetd package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xinetd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.3.15.3-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Salvo 'LtWorf' Tomaselli
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 303
Provides: inet-superserver
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), netbase, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: rsyslog | system-log-daemon, logrotate, update-inetd
Conflicts: inet-superserver
Filename: pool/universe/x/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 107532
MD5sum: a16b295ed611011b1722ae292e7e0f6d
SHA1: d348fc78f27e1b60ceefcf8bcbc802f7e2588abb
SHA256: 6804ebf7460faa1cb3acb8346f48a32e27b756a88ba11e5dc0e21e145879809b
SHA512: 9771df5bc2982460a29ab87b2eb433f52352e55f4d144df0d4aa94fae28cf10df64642790c60c736fa02f7a7aa7e00619e7a582973fecc02176f54003f2a2da3
Homepage: https://github.com/openSUSE/xinetd
Description: replacement for inetd with many enhancements
Description-md5: dc305c474ff901c52b71c07c0ec109d0