How to Install netcat-traditional software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install netcat-traditional software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

netcat-traditional software package provides TCP/IP swiss army knife, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install netcat-traditional 

netcat-traditional is installed in your system.

Make ensure the netcat-traditional package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep netcat-traditional *

You will get with netcat-traditional package name, version, architecture and description in a table

netcat-traditional package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package netcat-traditional
Version 1.10-40
Description TCP/IP swiss army knife
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove netcat-traditional software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?