How To Install ksshaskpass on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksshaskpass
on Debian 9.
What is ksshaskpass
ksshaskpass is:
A version of ssh-askpass with KWallet support.
There are three methods to install ksshaskpass
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ksshaskpass Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ksshaskpass
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ksshaskpass
Install ksshaskpass Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ksshaskpass
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ksshaskpass
Install ksshaskpass Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ksshaskpass
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ksshaskpass
How To Uninstall ksshaskpass on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ksshaskpass
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ksshaskpass
Uninstall ksshaskpass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ksshaskpass
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ksshaskpass
Remove ksshaskpass Configurations and Data
To remove ksshaskpass
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ksshaskpass
Remove ksshaskpass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ksshaskpass
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ksshaskpass
Dependencies
ksshaskpass have the following dependencies:
- openssh-client
- libc6
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5wallet-bin
- libkf5wallet5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksshaskpass
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.