How to Install and Uninstall openssh-client Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "openssh-client" package

This tutorial shows how to install openssh-client on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall openssh-client on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.7
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: 4065
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.26), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: keychain, libpam-ssh, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass
Conflicts: sftp
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.6p1-4ubuntu0.7_amd64.deb
Size: 609848
MD5sum: 97c01e904b3342fe507824fcbf234c04
SHA1: cab2406a0e7f8e155ef4d091a277235b67eca10b
SHA256: 5a02eb7cba4f8474c4cac44a117359cfaf5b6db63aa0da5b719284a54b63a60d
SHA512: 6253b1be55127543bbeb0d9f0b803ea899a78755915506cb0c49a0d306a3daac8f35d2e105f21ed67c44fe7a3a53827274c6812fbf659e5dce2cdb4b5b28545f
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.5
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: 4065
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.26), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: keychain, libpam-ssh, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass
Conflicts: sftp
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.6p1-4ubuntu0.5_amd64.deb
Size: 612160
MD5sum: 44f9ef224ff12a45949e5e5fcffa0587
SHA1: 9c8a2cf9bb67b5898ad0560016c406e721c4094b
SHA256: 9444571ae23a497f1f9ccff786502563d944e88ad417f5a3eddc6fbfdf01ec1b
SHA512: bee078af9314d8067507d0fb31cf5098f48f25a0d5caf0f199984d28a66096470049300b86b5845e24ec45ea152ae8e1d690acb8d8da32b208b6da4c08f81d72
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.6p1-4
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: 4064
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libbsd0 (>= 0.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.26), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: keychain, libpam-ssh, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass
Conflicts: sftp
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.6p1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 610812
MD5sum: 1003d1f72c5998fad3bab1b266143874
SHA1: 244f2f2b038571f6e501d25d6dbe7c5ae9602cdf
SHA256: 2d7decfded66403931939338d610bf26ded453546208271f28f7b49d5a712e11
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y