How To Install gsi-openssh-clients on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsi-openssh-clients in Fedora 36. gsi-openssh-clients is SSH client applications with GSI authentication

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsi-openssh-clients on Fedora 36.

What is gsi-openssh-clients

OpenSSH is a free version of SSH (Secure SHell), a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. This package includes the clients necessary to make encrypted connections to SSH servers. This version of OpenSSH has been modified to support GSI authentication.

We can use yum or dnf to install gsi-openssh-clients on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gsi-openssh-clients.

Install gsi-openssh-clients on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gsi-openssh-clients using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gsi-openssh-clients

Install gsi-openssh-clients on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gsi-openssh-clients using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gsi-openssh-clients

How To Uninstall gsi-openssh-clients on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gsi-openssh-clients

gsi-openssh-clients Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/gsissh/ssh_config
/etc/gsissh/ssh_config.d
/etc/gsissh/ssh_config.d/50-redhat.conf
/usr/bin/gsiscp
/usr/bin/gsisftp
/usr/bin/gsissh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/d3840ca3babc892fca83c41e9599b1536f84c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/b8cc7793702307c6adafb19bba887b9f91d215
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/dc1bf61ce7314645635075dc8c839a20314166
/usr/share/man/man1/gsiscp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsisftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsissh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/gsissh_config.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsi-openssh-clients on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).