SSH Client - OpenSSH dependency problem

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Fri Jul 23 05:52:39 PDT 2004


Danny De Bie <danny.debie at easynet.be> writes:

> Ruben de Groot wrote:
> 
> >This is craziness! The guy is asking for an ssh client on FreeBSD, which is
> > allready on his system (/usr/bin/ssh). There is no need to confuse
> > him further by letting him install unnecessary ports.
> >
> >my 0.02
> >
> It depends... I install FreeBSD with the minimal boot cd, so I need to
> install ssh using the ports. And then you have to install openssl
> before installing ssh... (If my memory serves correct.).

Even the minimal install includes openssl and openssh.
That's what "base system" means in FreeBSD.


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