How to Install ksshaskpass software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install ksshaskpass software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

ksshaskpass software package provides interactively prompt users for a passphrase for ssh-add, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ksshaskpass 

ksshaskpass is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ksshaskpass package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ksshaskpass *

You will get with ksshaskpass package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ksshaskpass package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Utilities
Package ksshaskpass
Version 0.5.3-1build2
Description interactively prompt users for a passphrase for ssh-add
Sub Section Utils


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