Installing folders remotely on Linux using PuTTy
 

Hello!

I am new to Linux and I need to install some folders in a remote computer that runs Linux. My computer is Windows 10. I am using PuTTy to do this, but when I try to install using 'apt-get install' I receive a message saying 'command not found'. I have also tried yum install but I get the same message. What am I missing?

Thanks

First you need to know and tell us what Linux distribution and version you're running. Debian based distributions rely on apt-get and RedHat based distributions rely on yum. Other distributions might have completely different tools.

Type "uname -a" and also look in /etc at files like /etc/issue, /etc/os-release, /etc/redhat-release, what have you.

Secondly package installers typically need root authority to run. If you logged in as yourself you may need to switch to root (su -) and then run the package installer or use sudo to run it. Again which way you do it could depend on which distribution and version you're running.

You wouldn't install folders, you would create them. once you got a remote session to your linux machine, just use the command mkdir to make a directory. for example:

If you have linked to the file system in the remote PC rather than using a remote controller, then your file commands need to be those used by YOUR OS not those of the remote system.

Given the above and that the original poster is new, I assume he is trying to install an application on a remote computer, not trying to "install some folders". Probably need some clarification from JDvzs. If I'm right you need to tell us what linux distro is running on the remote computer per MensaWater's post.

Hi! Thank you for the replies.

I ran the command ' cat /etc/*-release' and it says CentOS release 6.7 (final).

What I really need is to copy the folders I have in my Windows 10 computer to the computer that is running CentOs Linux, not install software. Sorry for the misleading question.

I've just found a software called WinSCP that gives me a GUI of both computers and hopefully it will let me copy the files without using command lines which I am unfamiliar with. I will post here if the issue is solved using this alternative.

Yes - WinSCP is a good tool for transferring files between MS Windows and Linux (or UNIX) systems. WinSCP can interface with Linux/UNIX ssh transports sftp & scp. (It can also do regular ftp but hopefully you're not running ftpd on your Linux systems.)

$ lsb_release -a

But given CentOS, it probably uses Yum (or dnf?).

$ cat /etc/issue

Is another option, the MOTD for telnet or some such, if left unmodified it should have distro information as well. I normally netcat files across the network. But mostly because I'm too lazy to install ftp, sftp, or other "sharing" (nfs / samba) configurations.

RECEIVING netcat:

$ nc -l -w 300 -p 5900 > outputfilename.ext

SENDING netcat:

$ nc #.#.#.# 5900 < inputfilename.ext

Some versions have a flag to quit when done, otherwise you have to manaully stop it ^C style. Using ls or md5sum if you're not sure can help to be more sure. But mostly I wait for the network traffic spike to die off in speedometer or other monitoring tools. Make tarballs and encrypt and the likes manually depending on your paranoia level. Where #.#.#.# is the IPv4 address of the receiving machine.

Thanks you for the help guys! I was able to do what I wanted using WinSCP, I've been told that FileZilla is also a good option.

Cheers :)