How To Install openssh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. openssh.x86_64 is An open source implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `openssh.x86_64`

SSH (Secure SHell) is a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. SSH is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel. OpenSSH is OpenBSD’s version of the last free version of SSH, bringing it up to date in terms of security and features. This package includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server. To make this package useful, you should also install openssh-clients, openssh-server, or both.

We can use yum to install openssh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openssh.x86_64.

Install openssh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openssh.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssh.x86_64

How To Uninstall openssh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the openssh.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove openssh.x86_64

openssh.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/ssh
/etc/ssh/moduli
/usr/bin/ssh-keygen
/usr/libexec/openssh
/usr/libexec/openssh/ctr-cavstest
/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-keysign
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/OVERVIEW
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/PROTOCOL
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/PROTOCOL.agent
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/PROTOCOL.certkeys
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/PROTOCOL.chacha20poly1305
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/PROTOCOL.key
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/PROTOCOL.krl
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/PROTOCOL.mux
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/README
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/README.dns
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/README.platform
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/README.privsep
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/README.tun
/usr/share/doc/openssh-7.4p1/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/openssh-7.4p1
/usr/share/licenses/openssh-7.4p1/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man1/ssh-keygen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ssh-keysign.8.gz

References

openssh.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.