Can openssh be installed on MSYS?

openssh msys
Martian Puss picture Martian Puss · Mar 20, 2014 · Viewed 9.9k times · Source

I'm using MSYS in windows 7 and now i need it to provide ssh server service. can openssh be installed in msys like it is in cygwin?

i can find ssh in /msys/bin, and it can be used as ssh client. but no server seems to be installed. how can i install one? i googled a lot but almost every theads leads to openssh in cygwin, that does not apply to my situation.

i compared cygwin and msys and decide to use msys. We need to run some applications both built and supposed to be ran in windows.

what i've tried:

mingw-get install mysys-openssh

test@WIN-L3L622JBT6G ~
$ mingw-get install msys-openssh
install: openssh-5.4p1-1-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzm
 installing openssh-5.4p1-1-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.
install: openssh-5.4p1-1-msys-1.0.13-doc.tar.lzm
 installing openssh-5.4p1-1-msys-1.0.13-doc.tar.
install: openssh-5.4p1-1-msys-1.0.13-lic.tar.lzm
 installing openssh-5.4p1-1-msys-1.0.13-lic.tar.

test@WIN-L3L622JBT6G ~
$ openssh
sh: openssh: command not found

the package seems to be installed but i don't know how to find the service. do i need to link it or modify the profile?

Answer

Martian Puss picture Martian Puss · Mar 26, 2014

The answer would be "NO".

Msys provide ssh client but not ssh server, as it's document indicates.

And Openssh cannot be installed on windows without cygwin. you can install a full cygwin and install openssh in cygwin. It's also feasible to only install partial cygwin.

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