How To Install ssh-agent-filter on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-agent-filter
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ssh-agent-filter
ssh-agent-filter is:
This package solves the all-or-nothing problem regarding ssh-agent forwarding. It contains:
- ssh-agent-filter, the filtering proxy itself
- afssh, a wrapper around ssh-agent-filter and ssh
There are three methods to install ssh-agent-filter
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ssh-agent-filter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh-agent-filter
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssh-agent-filter
Install ssh-agent-filter Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh-agent-filter
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssh-agent-filter
Install ssh-agent-filter 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh-agent-filter
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssh-agent-filter
How To Uninstall ssh-agent-filter on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ssh-agent-filter
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssh-agent-filter
Uninstall ssh-agent-filter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssh-agent-filter
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssh-agent-filter
Remove ssh-agent-filter Configurations and Data
To remove ssh-agent-filter
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssh-agent-filter
Remove ssh-agent-filter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssh-agent-filter
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssh-agent-filter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-agent-filter
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.