Linux
On a Linux system, apt-get or yum can be used to install Putty.
~]# apt-get install putty
~]# yum install putty
Or, you can build Putty from source.
Download PuTTY from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. This will download a file named putty-<version>.tar to your Downloads folder. Extract the tar archive to the /etc directory.
~]# tar -zf putty-<version>.tar -C /etc
To be able to configure and install Putty, the GTK+ library must be installed on your system.
~]# apt-get install libgtk-3-dev
Configure Putty.
~]# cd /etc/putty-<version>
~]# ./configure
Install Putty.
~]# make
You can now launch Putty.
~]# ./putty
Windows
Build Putty from source
- Download PuTTY from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. This will download a file such as putty.exe to your Downloads folder.
- Double-click the putty.exe to install PuTTY.
Note: In order to use PuTTY to remotely connect to a Linux Server, install OpenSSH on the Linux Server. You will also need to Port Forward on port 22 in your router to the IP address of the Linux computer that is running the OpenSSH software.
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