How To Install inetutils-telnetd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnetd on Kali Linux. inetutils-telnetd is telnet server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnetd on Kali Linux.

What is inetutils-telnetd

inetutils-telnetd is:

The in.telnetd program is a server which supports the DARPA telnet interactive communication protocol.

There are three methods to install inetutils-telnetd on Kali Linux. 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-telnetd 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-telnetd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-telnetd

Install inetutils-telnetd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install inetutils-telnetd

Install inetutils-telnetd Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-telnetd

How To Uninstall inetutils-telnetd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove inetutils-telnetd

Uninstall inetutils-telnetd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall inetutils-telnetd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetutils-telnetd

Remove inetutils-telnetd Configurations and Data

To remove inetutils-telnetd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge inetutils-telnetd

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

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

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

Dependencies

inetutils-telnetd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnetd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.