Hi tried to use telnet in High Sierra, and I noticed it does not come anymore with MacOS.
I also attempted to install it via MacPorts with:
$ sudo port install telnet
Error: Port telnet not found
But it did not work. What to do?
asked Feb 23, 2018 at 16:51
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After investigating a little, I found from a ticket opened in the MacPorts bugtracker: telnet port request (High Sierra) about the lack of telnet, and that the needed package is inetutils.
So I installed inetutils with:
sudo port install inetutils
And know I already can use telnet.
PS. If Homebrew is your thing, you can also install telnet with:
brew install telnet
answered Feb 23, 2018 at 16:51
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1already installed here, More flexibility, more ports, more stable, no ruby, it does not overwrite MacOS setups/binaries. Though reputedly HomeBrew is simpler, and MacPorts more sysadmin oriented. Commented Feb 23, 2018 at 16:54
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1HomeBrew (non-cask) doesn't overwrite MacOS binaries, either: It installs everything into /usr/local and manages it just like I do (manually) on my Debian machine. I haven't tried MacPorts, but so far I found HomeBrew quite sufficient.– dirktCommented Feb 24, 2018 at 8:53
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@dirkt Fun fact: actually I started using MacPorts to have WireShark and dsniff...then I liked it. Commented Feb 24, 2018 at 9:30