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How to convert .ppk key to OpenSSH key under Linux?

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Mar 15, 2026450230 views
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I know that is possible to convert .ppk under puttygen in Windows, but how to do that on Linux? Is this possible ?

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Do it with Putty. Linux: with your package manager, install PuTTY (or the more minimal PuTTY-tools): Ubuntu: Debian-like: RPM based: or Gentoo: Archlinux: etc. OS X: Install Homebrew, then run Place your keys in some directory, e.g. your home folder. Now convert the PPK keys to SSH keypairs:cache search To generate the private key: and to generate the public key: Move these keys to and make sure the permissions are set to private for your private key: If you have already tried to perform a 'git…

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