How to Install PuTTY on Linux

Description :

PuTTY is a free and open-source cross-platform SSH and telnet client that even after being around for over 20 years remains one of the most popular SSH clients being used especially on the Windows platform.

The quickest reasons that come to mind for such scenarios include:

• Familiarity: users are more comfortable using an SSH client they got familiar with while using Windows.
• Debug mode: Connection to serial pots and raw sockets is more user-friendly with PuTTY.
• Convenience: PuTTY has a GUI that undeniably makes it easier to use especially by SSH and/or terminal newbies.

It is possible for your own reasons for wanting to use PuTTY on GNU/Linux is different. It doesn’t really matter.

Here are the steps to take in order to install PuTTY on Linux distro of your choice.

How to Install PuTTY on Linux

PuTTY is available to install from the default official repositories in most Linux distributions.

Install PuTTy on CentOS, Red Hat & Fedora

PuTTY is available to install via the distro’s default package manager.

$ sudo yum install putty
OR
$ sudo dnf install putty

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