How To Install libssh2-1 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2-1
on Debian 10.
What is libssh2-1
libssh2-1 is:
libssh2 is a client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol. It supports regular terminal, SCP and SFTP (v1-v5) sessions; port forwarding, X11 forwarding; password, key-based and keyboard-interactive authentication.
This package contains the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libssh2-1
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libssh2-1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libssh2-1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libssh2-1
Install libssh2-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libssh2-1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libssh2-1
Install libssh2-1 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 libssh2-1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libssh2-1
How To Uninstall libssh2-1 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libssh2-1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libssh2-1
Uninstall libssh2-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libssh2-1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libssh2-1
Remove libssh2-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libssh2-1
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libssh2-1
Remove libssh2-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libssh2-1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libssh2-1
Dependencies
libssh2-1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2-1
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.