How To Install ssh-agent-filter on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-agent-filter on Ubuntu.

What is `ssh-agent-filter`

ssh-agent-filter is:

This package solves the all-or-nothing problem regarding ssh-agent forwarding. It contains:

ssh-agent-filter, the filtering proxy itself
afssh, a wrapper around ssh-agent-filter and ssh

There are three methods to install ssh-agent-filter on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ssh-agent-filter Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-agent-filter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ssh-agent-filter

Install ssh-agent-filter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-agent-filter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ssh-agent-filter

Install ssh-agent-filter Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-agent-filter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssh-agent-filter

How To Uninstall ssh-agent-filter on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ssh-agent-filter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ssh-agent-filter

Uninstall ssh-agent-filter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ssh-agent-filter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssh-agent-filter

Remove ssh-agent-filter Configurations and Data

To remove ssh-agent-filter configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ssh-agent-filter

Remove ssh-agent-filter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ssh-agent-filter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssh-agent-filter

Dependencies

ssh-agent-filter have the following dependencies:

References

ssh-agent-filter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-agent-filter package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.