Sshwifty is a Python-based SSH tunneling tool that simplifies the process of creating and managing SSH tunnels. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to install Sshwifty on POP! OS Latest.
To download Sshwifty from Github, you need to have Git installed on your system. To install Git on POP! OS, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
Sshwifty is a Python-based tool, so you need to have Python 3 installed on your system. To install Python 3 on POP! OS, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3
The final prerequisite is to install pip, which is the Python package manager. To install pip on POP! OS, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip
First, navigate to the directory you want to install Sshwifty into, then clone the repository from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/nirui/sshwifty.git
Before you can use Sshwifty, you need to install its dependencies. To do this, navigate to the directory where you cloned the repository, and run the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Now that you have installed the dependencies, you need to set the executable permission on sshwifty.py using the following command:
chmod +x sshwifty.py
You can now test Sshwifty by running its built-in help command. To do this, run the following command:
./sshwifty.py --help
If everything is working correctly, you should see the Sshwifty help output in the terminal.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sshwifty on your POP! OS Latest machine. You can now use Sshwifty to create and manage SSH tunnels quickly and easily.
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