How to Install and Uninstall putty Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "putty" package

This tutorial shows how to install putty on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                putty
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "putty" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall putty on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                putty
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the putty package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: putty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.67-3+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 951
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, putty-tools
Suggests: putty-doc
Filename: pool/universe/p/putty/putty_0.67-3+deb9u1build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 321846
MD5sum: f2ad97651d3037ac5d2c0e61a8a6144c
SHA1: 244703bfb5b849581df1baad932928f7d372b020
SHA256: a789618dc8fecc7f6fbd6bfedfe5f12ddbcee0c59f7df3c1e4a4fb50c33b7bad
SHA512: 2e4412abc5b55e83cbfc57891a2d774acb1320d0b21b39be86bf045dd50da4a4d64473487c2e2774fd41c22b173d484e371bfe111085f14cdcff1db491264f1c
Homepage: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Description-en: Telnet/SSH client for X
This is the Unix port of the popular Windows SSH client, PuTTY. It supports
flexible terminal setup, mid-session reconfiguration using Ctrl-rightclick,
multiple X11 authentication protocols, and various other interesting things
not provided by ssh in an xterm.
Description-md5: ec6f1ce2731dd859cb44ea9c27b19a7e

Package: putty
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 946
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.67-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, putty-tools
Suggests: putty-doc
Filename: pool/universe/p/putty/putty_0.67-2_amd64.deb
Size: 320524
MD5sum: bfcc12e9fb0ff3e6ad4dc9634f432534
SHA1: a92b7d863e650d56a690acde0f493cd3121c27f2
SHA256: 2e2d97ed97cf9ba3616600e2c09934ce40bf22a38c7ce955a0eeb4329ee47c38
Description-en: Telnet/SSH client for X
This is the Unix port of the popular Windows SSH client, PuTTY. It supports
flexible terminal setup, mid-session reconfiguration using Ctrl-rightclick,
multiple X11 authentication protocols, and various other interesting things
not provided by ssh in an xterm.
Description-md5: ec6f1ce2731dd859cb44ea9c27b19a7e
Homepage: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu