How To Install tmate-ssh-server on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tmate-ssh-server on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is tmate-ssh-server
tmate-ssh-server is:
tmate provides an instant pairing solution, allowing you to share a terminal with one or several teammates. Together with a voice call, it’s almost like pairing in person. The terminal sharing works by using SSH connections to backend servers running tmate-ssh-server; teammates need to be given a randomly-generated token to be able to join a session.
tmate is a modified version of tmux, and uses the same configurations such as keybindings, color schemes etc.
This package contains the tmate-ssh-server.
There are three methods to install tmate-ssh-server 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 tmate-ssh-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tmate-ssh-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tmate-ssh-server
Install tmate-ssh-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tmate-ssh-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tmate-ssh-server
Install tmate-ssh-server 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 tmate-ssh-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tmate-ssh-server
How To Uninstall tmate-ssh-server on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the tmate-ssh-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tmate-ssh-server
Uninstall tmate-ssh-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tmate-ssh-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tmate-ssh-server
Remove tmate-ssh-server Configurations and Data
To remove tmate-ssh-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tmate-ssh-server
Remove tmate-ssh-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tmate-ssh-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tmate-ssh-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tmate-ssh-server package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
