[SOLVED] unable to ssh from windows xp to Ubuntu.

danibhai · 09-23-2011, 06:49 AM

I intend to ssh from windows xp to Ubuntu 1.04, get connection error; connection refused.
Noted that sshd daemon not running on Ubuntu.
- tried running the command :
apt-get install openssh-server ; get following error:
package openssh-server has no installation candidate
By mistake I removed openssh-client using the command:
apt-get remove openssh-client ;
Now i cannot install openssh-client using the command:
apt-get install openssh-client ;

My main intention is to transfer a file from windows to Ubuntu.
Please help...

etech3 · 09-23-2011, 07:05 AM

Try rebooting the ubuntu computer.

Code:

apt-get update

Then reinstall ssh

theFreethinker · 09-23-2011, 07:52 AM

apt-get install --reinstall openssh-server openssh-client openssh-blacklist

danibhai · 09-23-2011, 08:12 AM

Did reboot, apt-get update ; failed with error:
some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

the command:
apt-get install --reinstall openssh-server openssh-client openssh-blacklist ; failed with errors:
Package openssh-server is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is
only available from another source
E: Package openssh-server has no installation candidate.

theFreethinker · 09-23-2011, 08:18 AM

openssh is quite widespread package. If it is not in your repository, probably your repository description is broken. Check entries in /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* for possible errors and misspellings.

Or the repository server you are using is in some reason not available at the moment. Try use another repo location.

danibhai · 09-28-2011, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theFreethinker

openssh is quite widespread package. If it is not in your repository, probably your repository description is broken. Check entries in /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* for possible errors and misspellings.

Or the repository server you are using is in some reason not available at the moment. Try use another repo location.

Thanks .. for the solution.. Freethinker..