How to Install and Uninstall telnet Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 28,2024

1. Install "telnet" package

Please follow the instructions below to install telnet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install telnet

2. Uninstall "telnet" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall telnet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove telnet $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the telnet package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: telnet
Priority: standard
Section: net
Installed-Size: 178
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mats Erik Andersson
Architecture: amd64
Source: netkit-telnet
Version: 0.17-40
Replaces: netstd
Provides: telnet-client
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.15), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-40_amd64.deb
Size: 63460
MD5sum: d46f72c639af38146bad270fb52f3663
SHA1: e119b8a3c14ce51011a38d24b6d0cfd0bbb3e98a
SHA256: bc4e73ab90c7759c4c46d7f5e4ab5b39c81e34e349df593d4f40ab90596d2ece
Description-en: basic telnet client
The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host
using the TELNET protocol.
.
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.
.
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard