For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Inetutils-1.4.2 in Chapter 6.
Inetutils (1.4.2):
http://freshmeat.net/projects/inetutils/
The Inetutils package contains network clients and servers.
Installed programs: ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet and tftp
ftp is the ARPANET file transfer program.
ping sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take.
rcp does remote file copy.
rlogin does remote login.
rsh runs a remote shell.
talk is used to chat up another user.
telnet is an interface to the TELNET protocol.
tftp is a trivial file transfer program.
Inetutils depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.