How to Install and Uninstall ssh-import-id Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "ssh-import-id" package

Please follow the steps below to install ssh-import-id on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ssh-import-id
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ssh-import-id" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ssh-import-id on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ssh-import-id
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ssh-import-id package on Kali Linux

Package: ssh-import-id
Version: 5.10-1
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
Architecture: all
Depends: ca-certificates, openssh-client, python3-requests (>= 1.1.0), python3-distro, wget, python3:any
Recommends: openssh-server
Size: 13340
SHA256: 065a352869473d7fc4762e4fe35b1a3f28e8bda72330aa592b34e6baae69c75b
SHA1: a2a02473ab5de0a0e95397f8f3a5c5d8c61ae843
MD5sum: de484aba94aacffb3be0dd06ba0ede95
Description: securely retrieve an SSH public key and install it locally
This utility will securely contact a public keyserver (Launchpad.net by
default, but Github.com is also supported), retrieve one or more user's
public keys, and append these to the current user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
file.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/ssh-import-id
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/ssh-import-id/ssh-import-id_5.10-1_all.deb