How to Install and Uninstall openssh-client Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the openssh-client on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "openssh-client" package

This guide let you learn how to install openssh-client on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall openssh-client on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6
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: 3092
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libc6 (>= 2.34), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libfido2-1 (>= 1.8.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libssl3 (>= 3.0.2), 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_8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6_amd64.deb
Size: 905906
MD5sum: f2cc5b1c7485f1843ddbb33390eb5334
SHA1: 393b9215645682efba718be2e0d340d879f4f4b8
SHA256: 87ec04d279027d55a1f8a64a8c80fbe123f0a310db0ffefe68c9b0cf381f1eaa
SHA512: cde88a274468977e5f6e9a4f3c0c0a3fafa72845575844118bfc056cf2af88b24173fb719203a113a8494008afb5af21ff97fa8e863979f2f69da3ee2847c976
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, server-minimal

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.9p1-3
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: 3079
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd, libc6 (>= 2.34), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libfido2-1 (>= 1.8.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libssl3 (>= 3.0.1), 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_8.9p1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 908546
MD5sum: d03fe8fdabf11c949c2170b6ccbeb395
SHA1: 99717545460cb9a8850e4e0bad239fd8051713bd
SHA256: c6dc594d9eb0b0225efaac5996983ad1df9821e4ed2e829951adb7d464e78864
SHA512: c1c138c18038a1272e93cd7c8512a4ec6a5e1c1c503538399ed909e22dc63fdfed9718e671cc75a902466bf713b99282d8020ac829b7351d7ffc9668e00ca1c3
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, server-minimal