How To Install inetutils-telnetd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnetd on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-telnetd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-telnetd
How To Uninstall inetutils-telnetd on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-telnetd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
