How To Install ncftp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncftp on Rocky Linux 8. ncftp is Improved console FTP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncftp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ncftp

Ncftp is an improved FTP client. Ncftp’s improvements include support for command line editing, command histories, recursive gets, automatic anonymous logins, and more.

We can use yum or dnf to install ncftp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncftp.

Install ncftp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ncftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ncftp

Install ncftp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ncftp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ncftp

How To Uninstall ncftp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ncftp

ncftp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ncftp
/usr/bin/ncftpbatch
/usr/bin/ncftpbookmarks
/usr/bin/ncftpget
/usr/bin/ncftpls
/usr/bin/ncftpput
/usr/bin/ncftpspooler
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/bed3b1eefcf8c071d0e9821c2df5a7e6c5ec39
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/7c90576246ea2152d46fccc69965921b27315c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/a6df9dc664132a039fef4952ce2195b6467565
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/a6df9dc664132a039fef4952ce2195b6467565.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/cc6b1224c18cfb7b4c5c1d1489ad1f5b57625a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/0b126741f7397869940da5614939dd59df7d39
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/3892e69e5af7809893acf68053d301f28c13a0
/usr/share/doc/ncftp
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/CHANGELOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/FIREWALLS_AND_PROXIES.txt
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/READLINE.txt
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html/ncftp.html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html/ncftpbatch.html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html/ncftpget.html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html/ncftpls.html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html/ncftpput.html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/html/ncftpspooler.html
/usr/share/doc/ncftp/what_changed_between_v2_v3.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/ncftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncftpbatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncftpget.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncftpls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncftpput.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncftpspooler.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncftp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.