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Brandon Stewart
3,434 PointsTreehouse VM Copy ssh key
For github it says to enter
clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
But whenever I do that it gives me an error to install it but wont install anything.
On Ubuntu I've done this a million times but I can't figure it out on the Treehouse vm!
Thanks :D
3 Answers
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest TeacherBrandon Stewart I'm not sure if the "clip" command is installed by default. Can you do cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub and manually copy/paste the output to GitHub?
Brandon Stewart
3,434 PointsNick Pettit Jason Seifer May you guys know ? :)
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest TeacherBrandon Stewart what is the error you're getting? The Treehouse VM doesn't have an SSH key pre-made to install to GitHub, you'll have to generate it.
Brandon Stewart
3,434 PointsJason Seifer I generated it and everything, I just got to the last step where I had to copy it, but I can't figure out how to copy it ?
Brandon Stewart
3,434 PointsBrandon Stewart
3,434 PointsAwesome thanks a ton! I was trying to find that command :) Didn't realize it was just
cat