How to Install and Uninstall openssh-client Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "openssh-client" package

Learn how to install openssh-client on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "openssh-client" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall openssh-client on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openssh-client package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: openssh-client
Source: openssh
Version: 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 3546
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libc6 (>= 2.26), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: keychain, libpam-ssh, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass
Conflicts: sftp
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::shell,
network::client, protocol::sftp, protocol::ssh, role::program,
security::authentication, security::cryptography, uitoolkit::ncurses,
use::login, use::transmission, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.9p1-10+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 781848
MD5sum: 600bc4096443c8affac63e01b0f8813d
SHA256: 14b54c6ca62c9fc8c1a9e3d7766d1b7ab5b75f4304d477b246721970d8e4662d

Package: openssh-client
Source: openssh
Version: 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 3546
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libc6 (>= 2.26), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: keychain, libpam-ssh, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass
Conflicts: sftp
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Recommends: xauth
Section: net
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/updates/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.9p1-10+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 782112
MD5sum: 9c7e6ae132381d62d5f16847cb1120ff
SHA256: 1c30bcaf37dafe198783cf691096fe557e8eacbc9435631f51af62b3f705ee12