Contents. How to Install PuTTY on Linux Putty is not installed by default on most Linux distributions. On Debian, it can be installed with the following command: sudo aptitude install putty Other related tools come in a separate installation package. To install them, use: sudo aptitude install putty-tools Running PuTTY The graphical client can be started by just running putty. On most distibutions the command will be available through the menus. It can typically be found in the Internet or Network category. Usage When started, PuTTY opens a terminal Window.
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The Linux version of the client loks and feels almost exactly the same as the Windows version. For guidance on how to use it, see description of. SSH Key Management and Public Key Authentication PuTTY supports. It uses its own key format (.ppk files). The tool is used for generating a private key for authentication. To enable public key authentication, first run puttygen, typically as: puttygen -t rsa -b 2048 -o mykey.ppk Then get the public key using: puttygen -L mykey.ppk Copy the public key (or cut-and-paste it) to the.ssh/authorizedkeys file on the server that you want to log in to using the key.
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You may need to create the.ssh directory and the authorizedkeys file if they don't already exist.
Ported PuTTY for Mac. Mac has the port of PuTTY which can be installed in various ways described as below: Installation using Homebrew: Use the below-given command to install PuTTY in case you have already installed “brew”command.sudo brew install putty; Installation using MacPorts: PuTTY is easily available through MacPorts. Running PuTTY for Mac on a Retina 5K Display I have had a few people ask me recently if Putty for Mac would run on their Retina Display and after doing some test I can happily say it runs perfectly fine.