apt-get Install netcat

How do you install netcat in Linux using apt-get command?

How to Install netcat with apt-get?

Here is a tutorial to learn how to install netcat using apt-get command.

Step 1: Open terminal with su access and enter the command as shown below:
apt-get install netcat -y

Step 2: After completion, the install command exits and instructs the user to restart the running instances of netcat if it is running already.

Result of the Command Execution shown below:

root@hiox:~ apt-get install netcat -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libjna java libsm dev libatk1.0 0 jsvc libts 0.0 0 libpcsclite1
  libjaxp1.3 java gconf2 common libgtk2.0 common libdb je java libxfixes3
  junit4 libnb apisupport1 java hicolor icon theme libxcomposite1 libice dev
  liboro java libappframework java ttf dejavu extra liblcms1
  libnb javaparser java libdb4.7 java libxerces2 java xfonts encodings
  libgcj bc gcj 4.4 base libgudev 1.0 0 libpthread stubs0 libjtidy java
  libjzlib java libatk1.0 data libicu4j java libfreemarker java
  libservlet2.4 java ttf dejavu core libdb4.7 java gcj
  libcommons beanutils java junit icedtea netx libasm2 java default jdk doc
  libnm util1 libnb platform devel java gconf2 java common libapr1 javahelp2
  librrd4 icedtea 6 jre cacao gcj 4.4 jre lib libnspr4 0d libswingx java
  default jre headless libcairo2 gnome keyring subversion openvpn blacklist
  libcommons logging java jetty xfonts utils libcommons compress java
  openjdk 6 jre lib libthai data x11proto kb dev libswingworker java
  apache2 utils libgcj10 jruby1.1 libdirectfb 1.2 0 libsvn1 libdatrie1
  openjdk 6 jre headless xtrans dev fontconfig libavahi common data libxfont1
  libgconf2 4 libffi5 ant libpango1.0 common x11proto input dev
  libnb platform11 java libgp11 0 default jdk libjsch java libsvn java libgcr0
  libpixman 1 0 libjetty java doc libcups2 libxml commons resolver1.1 java
  libpkcs11 helper1 libcobertura java default jre ant optional libxinerama1
  libgif4 libcommons net java libxft2 fontconfig config libnm glib2 libxt dev
  tzdata java libevent 1.4 2 libice6 libthai0 libidl0 libneon27 gnutls
  libglade2 0 liblzo2 2 libasound2 libflac8 libnb java3 java
  libservlet2.5 java libxrender1 openssl blacklist libservlet2.3 java
  libvorbisenc2 libxau dev x ttcidfont conf libslf4j java
  libcommons daemon java libnfsidmap2 libtiff4 libfontenc1 libjasper1
  libswing layout java ttf dejavu libjpeg62 libregexp java libgnome keyring0
  libxtst6 liborbit2 tsconf libavahi client3 x11 common libsysfs2
  ant optional gcj librpcsecgss3 libfontconfig1 ca certificates java
  libhamcrest java liblucene2 java libpango1.0 0 libsm6 libpulse0 libx11 dev
  openjdk 6 doc libxdamage1 libcommons collections3 java libbeansbinding java
  libgcj common openvpn libxcb render0 libgtk2.0 bin dbus x11 libxi6
  libvorbis0a libxcb1 dev libgssglue1 openjdk 6 jdk ant gcj
  libcommons digester java libxcursor1 libxt6 portmap libini4j java
  libjetty java libaprutil1 openjdk 6 jre defoma libavahi common3
  libpam gnome keyring liblog4j1.2 java libxcb render util0
  libnb svnclientadapter java libjline java libxrandr2 libnss3 1d
  x11proto core dev libsndfile1 libgtk2.0 0 libnb ide12 java libxdmcp dev
  libpthread stubs0 dev libogg0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  netcat traditional
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  netcat netcat traditional
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 99 not upgraded.
Need to get 75.9kB of archives.
After this operation, 291kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://old releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe netcat traditional 1.10 38 [69.8kB]
Get:2 http://old releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe netcat 1.10 38 [6,178B]
Fetched 75.9kB in 0s (97.2kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package netcat traditional.
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%(Reading database ... 10%(Reading database ... 15%(Reading database ... 20%(Reading database ... 25%(Reading database ... 30%(Reading database ... 35%(Reading database ... 40%(Reading database ... 45%(Reading database ... 50%(Reading database ... 55%(Reading database ... 60%(Reading database ... 65%(Reading database ... 70%(Reading database ... 75%(Reading database ... 80%(Reading database ... 85%(Reading database ... 90%(Reading database ... 95%(Reading database ... 100%(Reading database ... 49946 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking netcat traditional (from .../netcat traditional_1.10 38_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package netcat.
Unpacking netcat (from .../netcat_1.10 38_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man db ...
Setting up netcat traditional (1.10 38) ...

Setting up netcat (1.10 38) ...
root@hiox:~

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