How to Install keychain software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install keychain software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

keychain software package provides key manager for OpenSSH, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install keychain 

keychain is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep keychain *

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

keychain package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Network
Package keychain
Version 2.8.1-0.1
Description key manager for OpenSSH
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove keychain software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?