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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "xinetd" package

This tutorial shows how to install xinetd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall xinetd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xinetd
Priority: extra
Section: net
Installed-Size: 292
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Salvo 'LtWorf' Tomaselli
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.3.15-6
Provides: inet-superserver
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), netbase
Recommends: rsyslog | system-log-daemon, logrotate, update-inetd
Conflicts: inet-superserver
Filename: pool/main/x/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15-6_amd64.deb
Size: 106932
MD5sum: 58381c476ef7a1eefadec754e9e35fb5
SHA1: 4e9b4a2e35a6a8ac501722426e55e3c9a818380f
SHA256: 1f50175351d5637d7f000fe03bb27ce05a31bd850bd01b39e3928d0004a87d09
Description-en: replacement for inetd with many enhancements
xinetd has access control mechanisms, extensive logging capabilities,
the ability to make services available based on time, and can place
limits on the number of servers that can be started, among other things.
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It has the ability to redirect TCP streams to a remote host and port.
This is useful for those of that use IP masquerading, or NAT, and want
to be able to reach your internal hosts.
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It also has the ability to bind specific services to specific interfaces.
This is useful when you want to make services available for your internal
network, but not the rest of the world. Or to have a different service
running on the same port, but different interfaces.
Description-md5: dc305c474ff901c52b71c07c0ec109d0
Homepage: https://github.com/xinetd-org/xinetd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y