How To Install netcat-traditional on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netcat-traditional
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is netcat-traditional
netcat-traditional is:
A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable “back-end” tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.
This is the “classic” netcat, written by Hobbit. It lacks many features found in netcat-openbsd.
There are three methods to install netcat-traditional
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netcat-traditional Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netcat-traditional
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netcat-traditional
Install netcat-traditional Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netcat-traditional
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netcat-traditional
Install netcat-traditional 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 netcat-traditional
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netcat-traditional
How To Uninstall netcat-traditional on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the netcat-traditional
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netcat-traditional
Uninstall netcat-traditional And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netcat-traditional
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netcat-traditional
Remove netcat-traditional Configurations and Data
To remove netcat-traditional
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netcat-traditional
Remove netcat-traditional configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netcat-traditional
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netcat-traditional
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netcat-traditional
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.