How To Install ssh on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ssh
ssh is:
This metapackage is a convenient way to install both the OpenSSH client and the OpenSSH server. It provides nothing in and of itself, so you may remove it if nothing depends on it.
There are three methods to install ssh
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ssh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssh
Install ssh Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssh
Install ssh Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssh
How To Uninstall ssh on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ssh
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssh
Uninstall ssh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssh
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssh
Remove ssh Configurations and Data
To remove ssh
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssh
Remove ssh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssh
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.