How To Install libtelnet on Fedora 34

libtelnet is TELNET protocol parsing framework TELNET protocol parsing framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet on Fedora 34.

What is `libtelnet`

Small library for parsing the TELNET protocol, responding to TELNET commands via an event interface, and generating valid TELNET commands. libtelnet includes support for the non-official MCCP, MCCP2, ZMP, and MSSP protocols used by MUD servers and clients. libtelnet 0.23 2.fc34 x86_64 22 k libtelnet-0.23-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora TELNET protocol parsing framework http Public Domain Small library for parsing the TELNET protocol, responding to TELNET commands via an event interface, and generating valid TELNET commands. libtelnet includes support for the non-official MCCP, MCCP2, ZMP, and MSSP protocols used by MUD servers and clients.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtelnet on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtelnet.

Install libtelnet on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libtelnet

Install libtelnet on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install libtelnet

How To Uninstall libtelnet on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libtelnet

libtelnet Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/ed9209e70a6b73d045d97ce6e1aea137047696
/usr/lib64/libtelnet.so.2
/usr/lib64/libtelnet.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libtelnet
/usr/share/doc/libtelnet/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtelnet/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libtelnet
/usr/share/licenses/libtelnet/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/ddbb39e2b81849af027356f1951b33168885db
/usr/lib/libtelnet.so.2
/usr/lib/libtelnet.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libtelnet
/usr/share/doc/libtelnet/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libtelnet/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libtelnet
/usr/share/licenses/libtelnet/COPYING

References

[libtelnet website](http://github.com/seanmiddleditch/libtelnet http://github.com/seanmiddleditch/libtelnet)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.