How To Install mactelnet-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mactelnet-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mactelnet-server
mactelnet-server is:
This is a telnet daemon that uses Mikrotiks proprietary MAC-Telnet protocol. You will be enabled to “mac-telnet” from Linux machines with mactelnet-client or Mikrotik RouterOS devices which already has tools for this.
There are three methods to install mactelnet-server 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 mactelnet-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mactelnet-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mactelnet-server
Install mactelnet-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mactelnet-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mactelnet-server
Install mactelnet-server 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 mactelnet-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mactelnet-server
How To Uninstall mactelnet-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mactelnet-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mactelnet-server
Uninstall mactelnet-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mactelnet-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mactelnet-server
Remove mactelnet-server Configurations and Data
To remove mactelnet-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mactelnet-server
Remove mactelnet-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mactelnet-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mactelnet-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mactelnet-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
