FileZilla is a cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client. It not only is easy to use, but it also contains lots of useful features. This short article shows how you can install the latest version of FileZilla on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn.
- The latest version of FileZilla is 3.0.1. You can get it from here.
- Run these command in terminal:
sudo tar jxvf FileZilla_3.0.1_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 -C /opt/ sudo chown -R root:root /opt/FileZilla3/ sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/FileZilla3/ - Create a menu item:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/filezilla.desktopAdd the following:[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=FileZilla Comment=FTP Client Exec=/opt/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla Icon=/opt/FileZilla3/share/pixmaps/filezilla.png Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Application;Network; StartupNotify=true
To launch FileZilla, click Applications → Internet → FileZilla.
8 responses so far ↓
1 Redhat // Oct 13, 2007 at 7:39 am
Quick and accurate way to install filezilla. Worked great on my Ubuntu installation.
Thanks for sharing!
2 flo // Dec 9, 2007 at 2:28 am
it worked on my site only after i changed “sudo tar jxvf …” to “sudo tar -jxvf …”
3 ubuntu_newbie // Dec 21, 2007 at 2:21 am
thank u for the simple tutorial. it helped.
4 gus pram // Apr 27, 2008 at 8:59 pm
thanks for the simple tutorial. it work….
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6 Nay Yan Oo // Oct 15, 2008 at 4:25 am
thnank so much. Great tutorial
7 kerala // Aug 23, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Thanks. i was really in an issue anout the installation on linux. now its solved. thanks again
8 Peter // Mar 19, 2010 at 6:14 am
Thanks, its very helpful!
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