How To Install openssh-known-hosts on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-known-hosts on Debian 11.
What is openssh-known-hosts
openssh-known-hosts is:
This package allows you to download public hostkeys from multiple sources, filter the hostnames coming with them and merge them together into one file for use by OpenSSH. Plugins included:
- curl (optional GnuPG verification)
- rsync (optional GnuPG verification)
- psql
- symlink New plugins can easily be written.
There are three methods to install openssh-known-hosts on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openssh-known-hosts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openssh-known-hosts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openssh-known-hosts
Install openssh-known-hosts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openssh-known-hosts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openssh-known-hosts
Install openssh-known-hosts 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 openssh-known-hosts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openssh-known-hosts
How To Uninstall openssh-known-hosts on Debian 11
To uninstall only the openssh-known-hosts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openssh-known-hosts
Uninstall openssh-known-hosts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openssh-known-hosts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openssh-known-hosts
Remove openssh-known-hosts Configurations and Data
To remove openssh-known-hosts configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openssh-known-hosts
Remove openssh-known-hosts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openssh-known-hosts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openssh-known-hosts
Dependencies
openssh-known-hosts have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-known-hosts package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.