How To Install libssh2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2
on CentOS 7.
What is libssh2
libssh2 is a library implementing the SSH2 protocol as defined by Internet Drafts SECSH-CONNECTION(23), SECSH-ARCH(20), SECSH-FILEXFER(06)*, SECSH-DHGEX(04), and SECSH-NUMBERS(10).
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libssh2
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libssh2.
Install libssh2 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install libssh2
using yum
by running the following command:
Install libssh2 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.
After updating yum database, We can install libssh2
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libssh2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libssh2
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libssh2
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.