Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I emerge telnet?
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:19:52
Message-Id: BANLkTiksPm-yKAfW8pK6tpxGgcDT1PgO+w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I emerge telnet? by Mark Knecht
1 On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote:
3 >> Hi, Gentoo!
4 >>
5 >> I would like a telnet client installed on my gentoo amd64 system.  When I
6 >> try
7 >>        emerge telnet
8 >> , I get told that telnet doesn't exist.
9 >>
10 >> What am I doing wrong?  Is there a telnet client on gentoo?
11 >>
12 >> --
13 >> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
14 >>
15 >>
16 >
17 > telnet-bsd has a telnet client. (I think...)
18
19 there is also netkit-telnetd (and net-misc/putty if you're so
20 inclined)... or net-misc/tn5250 if you're dealing with AS/400's
21
22 And probably more :)