How to Install and Uninstall openssh-client Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "openssh-client" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install openssh-client on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall openssh-client on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Source: openssh
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3535
Provides: ssh-client
Depends: adduser, passwd, libc6 (>= 2.38), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libfido2-1 (>= 1.8.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libssl3 (>= 3.0.10), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: keychain, libpam-ssh, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass
Conflicts: sftp
Breaks: openssh-sk-helper
Replaces: openssh-sk-helper, ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_9.6p1-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 903588
MD5sum: ace624f39a5a46e7345537340744860c
SHA1: 545af3771e18397328dd9ddeeaf36c5b8b1c4416
SHA256: 0f613e2f21178386d584624be700926b69efa7e999780440792864b5168ec7ef
SHA512: 6fc9773cdf8271fafe81cd6528234278d64ff6c3ed2808cbe64b89f750639358bf51d251f6090555a67862d0cf96c9eb799862464e0ef95de10a04dfe8ddcc35
Homepage: https://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: cloud-minimal, standard, server-minimal, ubuntu-wsl