How To Install ftp on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftp on Fedora 34.
What is ftp
The ftp package provides the standard UNIX command-line FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client. FTP is a widely used protocol for transferring files over the Internet and for archiving files. If your system is on a network, you should install ftp in order to do file transfers.
We can use yum or dnf to install ftp on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ftp.
Install ftp on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ftp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ftp
Install ftp on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ftp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ftp
How To Uninstall ftp on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ftp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ftp
ftp Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/ftp
/usr/bin/pftp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/ae284b47d3ee3553846a81a65c757971590706
/usr/share/man/man1/ftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/netrc.5.gz
/usr/bin/ftp
/usr/bin/pftp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/5f9268c4b95f14e1557f6e2678394949624832
/usr/share/man/man1/ftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/netrc.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftp on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.