How To Install libtelnet on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet on Rocky Linux 8. libtelnet is TELNET protocol parsing framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet on Rocky Linux 8.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libtelnet on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libtelnet.

Install libtelnet on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libtelnet

Install libtelnet on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libtelnet

libtelnet Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/e436cca8b6dbc0330cd960db2d7b3413c7c6a0
/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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtelnet on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.