{"id":12939,"date":"2021-12-20T12:56:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=12939"},"modified":"2021-12-20T12:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:56:28","slug":"how-to-install-muon-snowflake-graphical-ssh-client-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/ubuntu\/how-to-install-muon-snowflake-graphical-ssh-client-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Muon\/Snowflake Graphical SSH Client on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snowflake is an open-source graphical SSH client. It is an extremely useful tool that allows you to manage SSH access using a simple graphical user interface<em>. <\/em>It can be installed and used on Windows and Linux systems<em>.<\/em> You only need to install Snowflake on the SSH client machine.<\/p>\n<p>This tool provides a lot of functionalities which makes it very convenient to work on remote systems. Some of its functionalities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A simple GUI interface that allows to cut, copy, paste, rename, archive, execute scripts, check directory size, change permissions, etc,<\/li>\n<li>Text editor which also supports sudo<\/li>\n<li>Powerful search functionality<\/li>\n<li>Log viewer<\/li>\n<li>Disk space analyzer<\/li>\n<li>Handy network tools (ping, Traceroute, port check, etc)<\/li>\n<li>SSH Key management<\/li>\n<li>Terminal emulator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this guide, we will show how to install Muon\/Snowflake graphical SSH client on Ubuntu OS. We will also show how to connect to remote system using Snowflake SSH client.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: The installation methods demonstrated here have been tested on <strong>Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Method 1: Installing Muon\/Snowflake via dpkg<\/h2>\n<p>This method covers the installation of Muon\/Snowflake on Ubuntu OS using the .deb package available at the GitHub site.<\/p>\n<p>1. Visit the Snowflake <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/subhra74\/snowflake\">GitHub<\/a> site and download Snowflake&#8217;s latest version for Ubuntu OS. Or else, you can run the below command to download Snowflake latest version 1.0.4:<\/p>\n<pre>$ wget https:\/\/github.com\/subhra74\/snowflake\/releases\/download\/v1.0.4\/snowflake-1.0.4-setup-amd64.deb<\/pre>\n<p>The downloaded file will be saved as <strong>snowflake-1.0.4-setup-amd64.deb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Now in order to install Snowflake, run the command below:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo dpkg -i snowflake-1.0.4-setup-amd64.deb<\/pre>\n<p>If you have downloaded a different version of Snowflake, make sure to change the package name in the above command with yours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"226\" class=\"wp-image-12940\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-221.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-221.png 729w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-221-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will install Snowflake to your Ubuntu system.<\/p>\n<h2>Method 2: Installing Muon\/Snowflake via snap<\/h2>\n<p>This method covers the installation of Muon\/Snowflake on Ubuntu OS using the snap package.<\/p>\n<p>1. Run the below command to keep list of sources up to date.<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p>2. To install any snap package on Ubuntu OS, you will need snapd. You can install snapd by running the command below:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt install snapd<\/pre>\n<p>3. Now you can install Snowflake snap using the command below:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo snap install snowflake<\/pre>\n<p>This will install Snowflake to your Ubuntu system. The output below shows Snowflake version 1.0.4 has been installed on your Ubuntu system.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"85\" class=\"wp-image-12941\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-222.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-222.png 613w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-222-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Launch Muon\/Snowflake<\/h2>\n<p>To launch Muon\/Snowflake, press the super key and then use the search box at the top to search and launch Snowflake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"257\" class=\"wp-image-12942\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-223.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-223.png 453w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-223-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To launch Muon\/Snowflake from the command line, run the command below:<\/p>\n<pre>$ snowflake<\/pre>\n<p>This is the default window you will see after launching the Muon\/Snowflake application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"347\" class=\"wp-image-12943\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-224.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-224.png 502w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-224-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To connect to a remote site via SSH, click <strong>New connection<\/strong>. It will open the following <strong>Session manager<\/strong> window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"453\" class=\"wp-image-12944\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-225.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-225.png 638w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-225-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Type the IP address, user name, and password of the remote host in their respective fields. Then click <strong>Connect<\/strong> to connect to the remote host.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"599\" class=\"wp-image-12945\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-226.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-226.png 797w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-226-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-226-768x577.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After connecting to the remote host, you will see the following similar view with the directory tree of both the local and remote systems. From here, you can transfer your files to and from the remote host.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"512\" class=\"wp-image-12946\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-227.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-227.png 935w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-227-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/word-image-227-768x421.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Muon\/Snowflake has a very simple and easy to use graphical interface with a lot of useful functions. Now you can start using the tool and explore its other functionalities.<\/p>\n<h2>Uninstall Muon\/Snowflake<\/h2>\n<p>If you have installed Muon\/Snowflake using the dpkg, you can uninstall it by running the below command:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt remove snowflake<\/pre>\n<p>If you have installed Muon\/Snowflake using the snap, you can uninstall it by running the below command:<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo snap remove snowflake<\/pre>\n<p>Using any of the methods described in this guide, you can easily install Muon\/Snowflake on your Ubuntu machine. We also shown here the method to uninstall Muon\/Snowflake in case you want to remove it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snowflake is an open-source graphical SSH client. It is an extremely useful tool that allows you to manage SSH access using a simple graphical user interface. 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