How To Install libssh on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh on CentOS 7.
What is libssh
The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working SSH implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its Secure FTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily, without third-party programs others than libcrypto (from openssl).
We can use yum or dnf to install libssh on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libssh.
Install libssh on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libssh using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libssh
Install libssh 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 libssh using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libssh
How To Uninstall libssh on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libssh package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libssh
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
