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

Last updated: April 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the openssh-server 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-server" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install openssh-server on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "openssh-server" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openssh-server package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: openssh-server
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: openssh
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1505
Provides: ssh-server
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser (>= 3.9), dpkg (>= 1.9.0), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-9), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3), openssh-client (= 1:8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6), openssh-sftp-server, procps, ucf (>= 0.28), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libssl3 (>= 3.0.2), libsystemd0, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: default-logind | logind | libpam-systemd, ncurses-term, xauth, ssh-import-id
Suggests: molly-guard, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass, ufw
Conflicts: sftp, ssh-socks, ssh2
Replaces: openssh-client (<< 1:7.9p1-8), ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_8.9p1-3ubuntu0.6_amd64.deb
Size: 435336
MD5sum: f02c35073f33ee23b2d662bfb1b22916
SHA1: e680b0bec5ce32aa890124df080613528467ba8f
SHA256: 00f2fddab31144c32d28155ebf911050425ead47372aab94a5f7d5ed069ca417
SHA512: ef765f6a04b3fb5337842841746b647a2216e39d4ff438596c6d9d102f5f27eee381c63026c1a6c16bac4436099896ad8f8316ee2cbd86df9c201bc53fd389e2
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
Description-md5: 842cc998cae371b9d8106c1696373919
Task: cloud-image, openssh-server

Package: openssh-server
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.9p1-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: openssh
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1501
Provides: ssh-server
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser (>= 3.9), dpkg (>= 1.9.0), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-9), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3), openssh-client (= 1:8.9p1-3), openssh-sftp-server, procps, ucf (>= 0.28), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libssl3 (>= 3.0.1), libsystemd0, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: default-logind | logind | libpam-systemd, ncurses-term, xauth, ssh-import-id
Suggests: molly-guard, monkeysphere, ssh-askpass, ufw
Conflicts: sftp, ssh-socks, ssh2
Replaces: openssh-client (<< 1:7.9p1-8), ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_8.9p1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 434398
MD5sum: 6573e8afd252817d276f333e94ec5dfe
SHA1: 753dd2bcb18a50a9a4526283ca44d81799f29ace
SHA256: 1e1d83c5325f1379b199990619827778209ad1f0994505fd8e27016e1527e525
SHA512: b63ab280ed8817ecaa5715e631ec4c130ac454bc118cadcc0401f04727e716d755ad6b78e52c2e26984a96286f0757892560f792d6350077f246f41d39c48087
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description: secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
Description-md5: 842cc998cae371b9d8106c1696373919
Task: cloud-image, openssh-server