How to Install and Uninstall openssh-client Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "openssh-client" package

Learn how to install openssh-client on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall openssh-client on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                openssh-client
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openssh-client package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: openssh-client
Source: openssh
Version: 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 4298
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: openssh-sk-helper, 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), libfido2-1 (>= 1.5.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: keychain, libpam-ssh, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass
Conflicts: sftp
Breaks: openssh-sk-helper
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_8.4p1-5+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 928672
MD5sum: 28bcaa1784e69790f090b9ed4684ac49
SHA256: 5b908fa946a425c6f2b4e4b234f4e42ae61c35c6655dc06b9746145e09b6cb2f