How To Install libssh2 on Fedora 34

libssh2 is A library implementing the SSH2 protocol A library implementing the SSH2 protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libssh2`

libssh2 is a library implementing the SSH2 protocol as defined by Internet Drafts SECSH-CONNECTION(23), SECSH-ARCH(20), SECSH-FILEXFER(06), SECSH-DHGEX(04), and SECSH-NUMBERS(10). libssh2 1.9.0 7.fc34 x86_64 118 k libssh2-1.9.0-7.fc34.src.rpm fedora A library implementing the SSH2 protocol https BSD libssh2 is a library implementing the SSH2 protocol as defined by Internet Drafts SECSH-CONNECTION(23), SECSH-ARCH(20), SECSH-FILEXFER(06), SECSH-DHGEX(04), and SECSH-NUMBERS(10).

We can use yum or dnf to install libssh2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libssh2.

Install libssh2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libssh2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libssh2

Install libssh2 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libssh2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libssh2

How To Uninstall libssh2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libssh2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libssh2

libssh2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/386ce3cec264268c72779517beb1d322ed6791
/usr/lib64/libssh2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libssh2.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libssh2
/usr/share/doc/libssh2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libssh2/README
/usr/share/doc/libssh2/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/licenses/libssh2
/usr/share/licenses/libssh2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/481885bd7e35c1518bb6606a94b9866ad30bb0
/usr/lib/libssh2.so.1
/usr/lib/libssh2.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libssh2
/usr/share/doc/libssh2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libssh2/README
/usr/share/doc/libssh2/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/licenses/libssh2
/usr/share/licenses/libssh2/COPYING

References

[libssh2 website](https://www.libssh2.org/ https://www.libssh2.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.