How To Install filezilla on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install filezilla on Ubuntu.

What is `filezilla`

filezilla is:

FileZilla is a full-featured FTP client with an easy-to-use GUI.

It is written in C++ and uses the wxWidgets library.

FileZilla includes the following features:

Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
IPv6 support
Available in more than 40 languages
Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
Easy to use Site Manager and transfer queue
Bookmarks
Drag & drop support
Speed limits
Filename filters
Directory comparison
Network configuration wizard
Remote file editing
Keep-alive
HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP Proxy support
Logging to file
Synchronized directory browsing
Remote file search
Tabbed interface to connect to multiple servers

There are three methods to install filezilla on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install filezilla Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install filezilla using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install filezilla

Install filezilla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install filezilla using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install filezilla

Install filezilla Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install filezilla using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install filezilla

How To Uninstall filezilla on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the filezilla package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove filezilla

Uninstall filezilla And Its Dependencies

To uninstall filezilla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove filezilla

Remove filezilla Configurations and Data

To remove filezilla configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge filezilla

Remove filezilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove filezilla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filezilla

Dependencies

filezilla have the following dependencies:

References

filezilla website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install filezilla package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.