How To Install dropbear on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dropbear on CentOS 7.
What is dropbear
Dropbear is a relatively small SSH server and client. It’s particularly useful for “embedded”-type Linux (or other Unix) systems, such as wireless routers.
We can use yum or dnf to install dropbear on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dropbear.
Install dropbear on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install dropbear using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dropbear
Install dropbear on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install dropbear using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dropbear
How To Uninstall dropbear on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dropbear package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dropbear
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dropbear on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
