How To Install telnet on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install telnet on Debian 11.
What is telnet
telnet is:
The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host using the TELNET protocol.
For the purpose of remote login, the present client executable should be depreciated in favour of an ssh-client, or in some cases with variants like telnet-ssl or Kerberized TELNET clients. The most important reason is that this implementation exchanges user name and password in clear text.
On the other hand, the present program does satisfy common use cases of network diagnostics, like protocol testing of SMTP services, so it can become handy enough.
There are three methods to install telnet on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install telnet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install telnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install telnet
Install telnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install telnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install telnet
Install telnet 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install telnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install telnet
How To Uninstall telnet on Debian 11
To uninstall only the telnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove telnet
Uninstall telnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall telnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove telnet
Remove telnet Configurations and Data
To remove telnet configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge telnet
Remove telnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove telnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge telnet
Dependencies
telnet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install telnet package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
