Instaling Via SSH

[josephmcnelis]

Hey All,

This is probably a horribly simple question but how do i install programs onto my Hardy VPS.

Im wanting to set up Nessus but i have been told to install Hydra before hand, but how do i download the files onto my vps and not my local machine?

-Cheers

[Sub101]

Whilst at the terminal of your server you could use wget to download files from a web address. ie.


wget www.some.co.uk/image.jpg

[Bachstelze]

You can use wget:


wget http://somewhere.org/something.tar.gz

[josephmcnelis]

Thanks that will definitely make my life much easier ^_^

[Lars Noodén]

Thanks that will definitely make my life much easier ^_^

It will be even easier using the package manager. That will keep track of the versions, let you easily upgrade or patch, and will take care of any dependencies.

You can use the aptitude (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/en/man8/aptitude.8.html) or apt-get (http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get)



apt-get autoremove
apt-get update
apt-cache search apache | sort | less
apt-get install libapache-dbi-perl


or



apt-get update && apt-get install tidy


or



apt-get update \
&& apt-get upgrade \
&& apt-get dist-upgrade


or



apt-get update
aptitude install tidy


and so on.