How To Install wput 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 wput on Ubuntu.
What is wput
wput is:
Wput is a tiny ftp-client, that uploads files or directories to a remote ftp-server.
Main features are: resuming, time-stamping, wget-like interface, proxy-support and speed-limit.
There are three methods to install wput 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 wput Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wput using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wput
Install wput Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wput using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wput
Install wput 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 wput using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wput
How To Uninstall wput on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wput package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wput
Uninstall wput And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wput and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wput
Remove wput Configurations and Data
To remove wput configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wput
Remove wput configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wput configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wput
Dependencies
wput have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wput package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.