How To Install inetutils-telnet on Debian 10

Learn how to install inetutils-telnet on Debian 10 with this tutorial. inetutils-telnet is telnet client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnet on Debian 10.

What is inetutils-telnet

inetutils-telnet is:

The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host using the TELNET protocol.

There are three methods to install inetutils-telnet on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install inetutils-telnet Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-telnet using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-telnet

Install inetutils-telnet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-telnet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install inetutils-telnet

Install inetutils-telnet Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-telnet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-telnet

How To Uninstall inetutils-telnet on Debian 10

To uninstall only the inetutils-telnet package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove inetutils-telnet

Uninstall inetutils-telnet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall inetutils-telnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetutils-telnet

Remove inetutils-telnet Configurations and Data

To remove inetutils-telnet configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge inetutils-telnet

Remove inetutils-telnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove inetutils-telnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetutils-telnet

Dependencies

inetutils-telnet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnet package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.