How to Install putty-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install putty-tools software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

putty-tools software package provides command-line tools for SSH, SCP, and SFTP, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install putty-tools 

putty-tools is installed in your system.

Make ensure the putty-tools package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep putty-tools *

You will get with putty-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table

putty-tools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package putty-tools
Version 0.63-4ubuntu0.1 [amd64, i386],
Description command-line tools for SSH, SCP, and SFTP
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove putty-tools software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?