How To Install libtelnet-utils on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet-utils in Fedora 36. libtelnet-utils is TELNET utility programs from libtelnet

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet-utils on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtelnet-utils.

Install libtelnet-utils on Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libtelnet-utils

libtelnet-utils Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/telnet-chatd
/usr/bin/telnet-client
/usr/bin/telnet-proxy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/34a230c6c4a41c16c86ac2635fc068349ce5d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/722e79c8d5c0346710e4c536a64fcbcfcecbe8
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/e134782512d4c99280d7397ebe0877652712c1

References

libtelnet-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet-utils on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).