MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python2-ssh [2]: Doesn't work anymore. Project discontinued in or after 2012, or rather, got merged back to its original upstream: "This library originated as a fork of the Paramiko library, and has now been merged back into it. All fixes and features that were released or developed under the ‘ssh’ name have been incorporated into Paramiko! Please switch your dependencies to Paramiko 1.8.0 or newer." -- from: https://pypi.org/project/ssh/ Therefore this package is not only broken beyond repair but is superseded by Paramiko packages: Python 3: https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/python-paramiko/ Python 2: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python2-paramiko There is also a new fork as an alternative: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-paramiko-ng All linked packages are currently maintained and up-to-date. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-ssh/