How To Install openssh on Fedora 34

openssh is An open source implementation of SSH protocol version 2

Introduction

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

What is openssh

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 or dnf to install openssh on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openssh.

Install openssh 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 openssh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openssh

Install openssh 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 openssh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssh

How To Uninstall openssh on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove openssh

openssh Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/ssh
/etc/ssh/moduli
/usr/bin/ssh-keygen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/cea648ada5b819084c975b6bb6a96ba8e5f25c
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/e290debce2b1e8d67fbb6f1ad00f660f48623e
/usr/libexec/openssh
/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-keysign
/usr/share/doc/openssh
/usr/share/doc/openssh/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/openssh/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/openssh/OVERVIEW
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.agent
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.certkeys
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.chacha20poly1305
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.key
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.krl
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.mux
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.sshsig
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.u2f
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.dns
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.platform
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.privsep
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.tun
/usr/share/doc/openssh/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/openssh
/usr/share/licenses/openssh/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man1/ssh-keygen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ssh-keysign.8.gz
/etc/ssh
/etc/ssh/moduli
/usr/bin/ssh-keygen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/9290fd0846d7fad8161632c4fec7f2a7949355
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/f8151b3c97179ad5703da06635c49afb592625
/usr/libexec/openssh
/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-keysign
/usr/share/doc/openssh
/usr/share/doc/openssh/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/openssh/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/openssh/OVERVIEW
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.agent
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.certkeys
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.chacha20poly1305
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.key
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.krl
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.mux
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.sshsig
/usr/share/doc/openssh/PROTOCOL.u2f
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.dns
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.platform
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.privsep
/usr/share/doc/openssh/README.tun
/usr/share/doc/openssh/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/openssh
/usr/share/licenses/openssh/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man1/ssh-keygen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ssh-keysign.8.gz

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Summary

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