How To Install ncftp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncftp on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncftp.
Install ncftp on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ncftp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncftp
Install ncftp on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
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 CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ncftp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncftp
ncftp Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.