How To Install inetutils-telnet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnet on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
