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There
are a couple of ways,
The
easiest way is to install ssh when you first install linux from your redhat
CD-ROM. If installing rpm's scares you, this is the way to go for
newbies.
The
second easy way is to install the openssh*.rpm from your RedHat CD (Usually disk
1 or 2) For example, use rpm -ivh openssh*.rpm
or rpm -Uvh openssh*.rpm Also, you probably need to install a few
other packages that it requires, for example openssl*.rpm. It's worthwhile
reading up on the rpm utility. It's usually a much faster way to install because
it hides alot of details from you.
The
third way is to build it from source. This is certainly the most flexible way to
go. When you first install RedHat, make sure you install the software
development tools. You can retrieve the source from various places, for example
check out www.openssh.org and www.openssl.org. These site have detailed
instructions on how to build and install from the source code. It's a great
learning experience, but you will have to do some reading and learn how to find
the source sources for free help out there amoung the many open source mailing
lists and web sites.
***
You will never truly feel the power of the freedom that open source can bring
until you learn how to (a) download from the open source project's main web
site, (b) build and (c) install from source (d) get help from other open source
enthusists (e) complete the cycle by contributing to a project or helping
others. I know sound religous, but really, it's alot of fun!
***
That
said, If I were relativly new to Linux, I would
(a)
try to install as much as possible through the install
process
(b)
learn how to use rpm by installing a few things with it
(c)
pick a few projects (topics really important to me) and learn how to build them
from source
for example,
I build my email server (postfix), database (PostgreSQL), DNS server (BIND),
POP3 server (qpopper), web servers (Apache, Jetty, Tomcat) and all the Java
project I use from source. Most other things I just try to get by with the
install or rpm tools.
As far
as ssh on win32 goes, so far, I have only used ssh with cygwin and I've paid for
a ssh client from www.f-secure.com. But I
am looking for some other free ssh clients.
Happy
New Year!!!
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