How to Install netcat6 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install netcat6 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

netcat6 software package provides TCP/IP swiss army knife with IPv6 support, 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 netcat6 

netcat6 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the netcat6 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep netcat6 *

You will get with netcat6 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

netcat6 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package netcat6
Version 1.0-8
Description TCP/IP swiss army knife with IPv6 support
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove netcat6 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?