How to Install and Uninstall openssh-client Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "openssh-client" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install openssh-client on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall openssh-client on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.11
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: 4126
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libc6 (>= 2.26), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libfido2-1 (>= 1.3.0), 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
Breaks: openssh-sk-helper
Replaces: openssh-sk-helper, ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_8.2p1-4ubuntu0.11_amd64.deb
Size: 670464
MD5sum: f27b2bed1a9b8c79da0a2fbcc9b155ec
SHA1: 5cb160a73f110f724e1704aae04f481b08da91fc
SHA256: 4df6dd0ce56ef519f884483b8b993027d54fd7f80baf4c415236fc5180b345c2
SHA512: 62995c019cd1485cb02bb6a2677e299ba38727ba6cd6e09039dfad4d680bf06918c59107fe773027ad8b58ee295a97a7137df0585d36e88f1aec9d8a22cc260e
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, ubuntu-core

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.2p1-4
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: 4117
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libc6 (>= 2.26), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libfido2-1 (>= 1.3.0), 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
Breaks: openssh-sk-helper
Replaces: openssh-sk-helper, ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_8.2p1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 673724
MD5sum: 5b8f0a1258a1c786d4dc62f906655161
SHA1: fd2537ec36fa1757a708bcb2796dbf8193ecb1dd
SHA256: 5f127263d051f43c5d21adda2e5fa19d4a92c56e1c4df07f9b9c057fbbf60b8c
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, ubuntu-core