How to Install and Uninstall mactelnet-server Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "mactelnet-server" package

This tutorial shows how to install mactelnet-server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mactelnet-server
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mactelnet-server" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mactelnet-server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mactelnet-server
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mactelnet-server package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mactelnet-server
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Håkon Nessjøen
Architecture: amd64
Source: mactelnet
Version: 0.4.2-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mactelnet/mactelnet-server_0.4.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21410
MD5sum: a9789e2bdfb74a93d630643860d0a9d2
SHA1: 14a31a3763a9c7c4cfc031d432ef90a3c7df3a49
SHA256: 8ddc22d017ad6f9fb8b10c9d98bb6c0271d8a46f90ebbc35403574f44b29310b
Description-en: Telnet daemon for accepting connections via MAC addresses
This is a telnet daemon that uses Mikrotiks proprietary MAC-Telnet protocol.
You will be enabled to "mac-telnet" from Linux machines with mactelnet-client
or Mikrotik RouterOS devices which already has tools for this.
Description-md5: 5140a8d00e6080061c1723dec13dc4fc
Homepage: https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/downloads
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu