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How To Uninstall netcat On Debian 8
To uninstall netcat just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add netcatagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just netcat
http://installion.co.uk/debian/jessie/main/n/netcat/uninstall/index.htmlTCP/IP swiss army knife — transitional packageDebian 8.0net1.10-41sudo apt-get remove netcat
This will remove just the netcat package itself.
Uninstall netcat and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove netcat
This will remove the netcat package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for netcat then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge netcat
Or similarly, like this netcat
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove netcat
Package Data
| Package | netcat |
| Version | 1.10-41 |
| Maintainer | Ruben Molina <[email protected]> |
| Description | TCP/IP swiss army knife — transitional package |
| Distro | debian |
| Release | jessie |
| Repo | main |
| Section | net |