Installation of Putty (SSH client; 8-29-05)

Prior to the Install

It must be OK for you to do the installation on the machine of interest and you must be logged on with a username that will permit you to do the installation.

No problems or difficulties are anticipated. However prior to installing any software it is a good idea to consider the following question: Has the machine been recently backed up and what would be the consequences if the machine became unusable?

Also, it is recommended that you create a “restore point” prior to the installation. In addition, it is probably a good idea to reboot the system prior to installing the software. This latter action helps to verify that the system does not have some pre-existing problem that should be dealt with first.

Install

Unless otherwise noted, the defaults will be selected.

1. Go to the Putty website: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

2. Click on “Download PuTTY!”. This should bring you to:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

3. Under “A Windows-style installer (x86 only) for everything except PuTTYtel” and to the right of “For Intel x86:” click on the link: putty-0.58-installer.exe

4. Click “Run” and if a security warning says “Unknown Publisher”, click “Run” again.

5. Close Internet Explorer and any other programs that you have open such as “Microsoft Word” etc. Then click “Next”

7. Accept the Default Destination Location (C:\Programs Files\Putty) by clicking “Next”.

8. Accept the defaults of Shortcut Putty Desktop Icon for Putty for all users, no quick launch icon, and associate the .PPK files … by selecting “Next”.

9. Select “Install” and then finally “Finish”. And hopefully, the installation will be complete.