How do you install SSH on Linux?

1 year ago
Emily Johnson
1 minute

To install SSH on Linux, you can proceed as follows:

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. Check to see if SSH is already installed on your system by entering the following command:
  3. Show me the version of ssh.
  4. If a version number is returned, it means you have already installed SSH and can skip the following steps.
  5. Use the following command to install SSH:
  6. Please install the openssh-server package using sudo apt-get.
  7. If you are using a different Linux distribution, please use the appropriate package manager to install openssh-server.
  8. After installation, the SSH service will start automatically. You can use the following command to check the status of the SSH service.
  9. View the status of the ssh service using the systemctl command.
  10. If the service is running, you will see an output that includes “Active: active”.

You have successfully installed SSH on Linux, allowing you to connect to other hosts using an SSH client or allowing other users to connect to your host via SSH.

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