How to Install Sshwifty on Elementary OS Latest

Sshwifty is a tool designed to manage SSH connections and configurations. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Sshwifty on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, we need to make sure that our system is up-to-date:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Install Dependencies

Next, we need to install the dependencies needed to build and install Sshwifty:

sudo apt-get install git make build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev

Install Sshwifty

  1. First, clone the Sshwifty repository from GitHub:

    git clone https://github.com/nirui/sshwifty.git
    
  2. Change directory to the cloned repository:

    cd sshwifty
    
  3. Run the make command to build and install Sshwifty:

    make && sudo make install
    
  4. Verify that Sshwifty was installed successfully:

    sshwifty
    

If everything was successful, you should see the following output:

Usage: sshwifty [-lhvV] [-c <config>] [-s <section>]

Options:
  -c --config   Config file path [default: ~/.sshwifty.toml]
  -h --help     Show this screen
  -l --list     List all SSH connections
  -s --section  SSH connection section to connect

Version: {version}

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sshwifty on your Elementary OS Latest machine. You can now start using it to manage your SSH connections and configurations.

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