How To Install erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8. erlang-ssh is Secure Shell application with sftp and ssh support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `erlang-ssh`

Secure Shell application with sftp and ssh support.

We can use yum or dnf to install erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install erlang-ssh.

Install erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install erlang-ssh

Install erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install erlang-ssh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-ssh

How To Uninstall erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the erlang-ssh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove erlang-ssh

erlang-ssh Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_acceptor.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_acceptor_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_app.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_auth.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_bits.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_channel.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_cli.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_client_channel.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_client_key_api.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_connection.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_connection_handler.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_connection_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_daemon_channel.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_dbg.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_file.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_info.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_io.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_message.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_no_io.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_options.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_server_channel.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_server_channel_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_server_key_api.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_sftp.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_sftpd.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_sftpd_file.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_sftpd_file_api.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_shell.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_subsystem_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_system_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_transport.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/ssh_xfer.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/sshc_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/ebin/sshd_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/include
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/src
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/src/ssh.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/src/ssh_auth.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/src/ssh_connect.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/src/ssh_transport.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/src/ssh_userauth.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/ssh-4.7.7/src/ssh_xfer.hrl

References

erlang-ssh website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-ssh on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.