How To Install pure-ftpd-mysql on Debian 10

Learn how to install pure-ftpd-mysql on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pure-ftpd-mysql is Secure and efficient FTP server with MySQL user authentication

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pure-ftpd-mysql on Debian 10.

What is pure-ftpd-mysql

pure-ftpd-mysql is:

Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality, standards-conformant FTP server based upon Troll-FTPd. Features include chrooted home directories, virtual domains, built-in ’ls’, anti-warez system, configurable ports for passive downloads, FXP protocol, bandwidth throttling, ratios, fortune files, Apache-like log files, fast standalone mode, atomic uploads, text / HTML / XML real-time status report, virtual users, virtual quotas, privilege separation, SSL/TLS and more.

There are three methods to install pure-ftpd-mysql on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pure-ftpd-mysql Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pure-ftpd-mysql

Install pure-ftpd-mysql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pure-ftpd-mysql using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pure-ftpd-mysql

Install pure-ftpd-mysql 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pure-ftpd-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pure-ftpd-mysql

How To Uninstall pure-ftpd-mysql on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pure-ftpd-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pure-ftpd-mysql

Uninstall pure-ftpd-mysql And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pure-ftpd-mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pure-ftpd-mysql

Remove pure-ftpd-mysql Configurations and Data

To remove pure-ftpd-mysql configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pure-ftpd-mysql

Remove pure-ftpd-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pure-ftpd-mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pure-ftpd-mysql

Dependencies

pure-ftpd-mysql have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pure-ftpd-mysql package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.