How to Install and Uninstall openssh-client Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "openssh-client" package

Please follow the guidance below to install openssh-client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install openssh-client

2. Uninstall "openssh-client" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall openssh-client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove openssh-client $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the openssh-client package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10
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: 3705
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.12.1+dfsg-2), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: ssh-askpass, libpam-ssh, keychain, monkeysphere
Conflicts: sftp
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10_amd64.deb
Size: 589658
MD5sum: fe58ae4fa07601963c1331d84a39db82
SHA1: d4ed973548d1e937f38597275eeb8741a8259a0a
SHA256: 2e9a24614869da9ab5bffead28507c0781f748c818e048d2315eea172af36877
SHA512: ebb798cdff5779f5ea163e47d8c7ecffb2b6f59be66ead9a5057b97265c25f4a4c84d75dc3bcc92447a8748808ede91f662334085f244690738d5889ac66ae49
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description-en: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
This is the portable version of OpenSSH, a free implementation of
the Secure Shell protocol as specified by the IETF secsh working
group.
.
Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine
and for executing commands on a remote machine.
It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted
hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP
ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
It can be used to provide applications with a secure communication
channel.
.
This package provides the ssh, scp and sftp clients, the ssh-agent
and ssh-add programs to make public key authentication more convenient,
and the ssh-keygen, ssh-keyscan, ssh-copy-id and ssh-argv0 utilities.
.
In some countries it may be illegal to use any encryption at all
without a special permit.
.
ssh replaces the insecure rsh, rcp and rlogin programs, which are
obsolete for most purposes.
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: openssh-client
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.8
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: 3704
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.12.1+dfsg-2), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: ssh-askpass, libpam-ssh, keychain, monkeysphere
Conflicts: sftp
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.2p2-4ubuntu2.8_amd64.deb
Size: 589888
MD5sum: feac91d632a8e7ffff60a16f5476667a
SHA1: 77134f5af98b459ebcd3f0e85fac71b256547fd0
SHA256: 8ceb49c05c9a944b0c5b7e4d30101d296d1fb60f7981910f877e7879d3d076ec
SHA512: ca795e6665b7558901113e53f457e733255f15c99b015cb8125fb659d32f2cbf066a9aec401a6edc4ab1d1cd0e5d4c83f14a84478876cdd5e43b4f5e759601dc
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Description-en: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
This is the portable version of OpenSSH, a free implementation of
the Secure Shell protocol as specified by the IETF secsh working
group.
.
Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine
and for executing commands on a remote machine.
It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted
hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP
ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
It can be used to provide applications with a secure communication
channel.
.
This package provides the ssh, scp and sftp clients, the ssh-agent
and ssh-add programs to make public key authentication more convenient,
and the ssh-keygen, ssh-keyscan, ssh-copy-id and ssh-argv0 utilities.
.
In some countries it may be illegal to use any encryption at all
without a special permit.
.
ssh replaces the insecure rsh, rcp and rlogin programs, which are
obsolete for most purposes.
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Task: standard, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: openssh-client
Priority: standard
Section: net
Installed-Size: 3694
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: openssh
Version: 1:7.2p2-4
Replaces: ssh, ssh-krb5
Provides: rsh-client, ssh-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.12.1+dfsg-2), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), adduser (>= 3.10), dpkg (>= 1.7.0), passwd
Recommends: xauth
Suggests: ssh-askpass, libpam-ssh, keychain, monkeysphere
Conflicts: sftp
Filename: pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-client_7.2p2-4_amd64.deb
Size: 586124
MD5sum: c4858a38a3100fbf19a57691d462aa62
SHA1: 2d352b5de5b827f0fc582367a24aeda7828035d2
SHA256: 17883c9ed81c4401483c9afe80a01e81b2d20d79f2324f91e2f70288892b2327
Description-en: secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines
This is the portable version of OpenSSH, a free implementation of
the Secure Shell protocol as specified by the IETF secsh working
group.
.
Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine
and for executing commands on a remote machine.
It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted
hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP
ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
It can be used to provide applications with a secure communication
channel.
.
This package provides the ssh, scp and sftp clients, the ssh-agent
and ssh-add programs to make public key authentication more convenient,
and the ssh-keygen, ssh-keyscan, ssh-copy-id and ssh-argv0 utilities.
.
In some countries it may be illegal to use any encryption at all
without a special permit.
.
ssh replaces the insecure rsh, rcp and rlogin programs, which are
obsolete for most purposes.
Description-md5: 8cde3280ebad71c16b3e8c661dae6c6d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.openssh.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk