With the following commands, we will fetch and install the GPG key with which the repository is signed: cd /root Open the /etc/apt/sources.list with your favorite editor (in this example we will use nano): sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.listĪdd the following line to the end of the file: deb sarge contrib With this method, we will use the Webmin APT repository to install the Webmin control panel.įirst, we need to add the Webmin repository. Using the Webmin APT Repository (Method 2) Webmin will automatically be installed in the /usr/share/webmin directory, and by default, the installation will set an administrator username and password. Once this is done, we then have to install several dependencies: sudo apt install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl apt-show-versions pythonĪfter downloading the Webmin package and after all dependencies are properly installed, we can continue installing Webmin with the following command: sudo dpkg -install webmin_1.900_all.deb We will use the wget command to download the Webmin package: wget

With this method, we will install Webmin by using the Debian package -this is suitable for Debian, Ubuntu, or other Debian-based Linux distributions. Webmin Installation from a Package (Method 1) The first thing to do once you are logged in is to make sure that all of the installed OS packages are up to date: sudo apt update Log in via SSH to the server as the root user (or as a user with sudo privileges): ssh -p Port_number 2.