How to Install and Uninstall netcat-openbsd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "netcat-openbsd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install netcat-openbsd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall netcat-openbsd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: netcat-openbsd
Priority: important
Section: net
Installed-Size: 109
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aron Xu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.105-7ubuntu1
Replaces: netcat (<< 1.10-35)
Provides: netcat
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.2.0), libc6 (>= 2.16)
Breaks: netcat (<< 1.10-35)
Filename: pool/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 39558
MD5sum: cd31b836350a7873e4cb08b4cfe90882
SHA1: ab1fbd8dfd264edcbe73c1beeef6c5abc7efd74b
SHA256: 2a8a27ca24e402f6d23ff730179812ee47cb067d1f3f82e627ec9bdcdeff1637
Description-en: TCP/IP swiss army knife
A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network
connections using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable
"back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other
programs and scripts. At the same time it is a feature-rich network
debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of
connection you would need and has several interesting built-in
capabilities.
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This package contains the OpenBSD rewrite of netcat, including support
for IPv6, proxies, and Unix sockets.
Description-md5: a496fe77780d0b39750c43d6b6259b00
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal