How To Install libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8. libtelnet-utils is TELNET utility programs from libtelnet

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libtelnet-utils

Provides three utilities based on the libtelnet library. * telnet-proxy - a TELNET proxy and debugging daemon * telnet-client - simple TELNET client * telnet-chatd - no-features chat server for testing TELNET clients.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtelnet-utils.

Install libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libtelnet-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libtelnet-utils

Install libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libtelnet-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libtelnet-utils

How To Uninstall libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libtelnet-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libtelnet-utils

libtelnet-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/telnet-chatd
/usr/bin/telnet-client
/usr/bin/telnet-proxy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/818664844b4afbdcf98a55291e0d792d7dfd4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/35ba3b46d17d9da21d31a32d5ec69ff40ee994
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/92a3ad3b2154084e0faa49b768e241ded8d696

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.