How To Install openssh-askpass.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-askpass.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. openssh-askpass.x86_64 is A passphrase dialog for OpenSSH and X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-askpass.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `openssh-askpass.x86_64`

OpenSSH is a free version of SSH (Secure SHell), a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. This package contains an X11 passphrase dialog for OpenSSH.

We can use yum to install openssh-askpass.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openssh-askpass.x86_64.

Install openssh-askpass.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openssh-askpass.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssh-askpass.x86_64

How To Uninstall openssh-askpass.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the openssh-askpass.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove openssh-askpass.x86_64

openssh-askpass.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/profile.d/gnome-ssh-askpass.csh
/etc/profile.d/gnome-ssh-askpass.sh
/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-askpass

References

openssh-askpass.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-askpass.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.