How to Install and Uninstall netcat-openbsd Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "netcat-openbsd" package

This is a short guide on how to install netcat-openbsd on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                netcat-openbsd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "netcat-openbsd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall netcat-openbsd on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                netcat-openbsd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the netcat-openbsd package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: netcat-openbsd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.225-1ubuntu1
Priority: important
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guilhem Moulin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 105
Provides: netcat
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.36)
Filename: pool/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.225-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 44002
MD5sum: b87e9b49f333deedec8a5164f57250f5
SHA1: a0c041e36286f7cc18d4acbfd2401d8e4ea3d0e8
SHA256: 9a918282e7e9af2ad1671bc86f88d277f46e0b82c47be09607d24340a1a409b9
SHA512: 20b1d04ed77cb8e326723333713212248a61520b71eee3cca35d2e9df35a4ce173bfa7c50c6c1bca82e3b0dcf21199ac78aba22423c01bbdf87179be32dfcea3
Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife
Description-md5: d6f7da83d4c946b2cb127e466fba1e0e
Task: minimal