How To Install ftplib on Fedora 34

ftplib is Library of FTP routines Library of FTP routines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftplib on Fedora 34.

What is `ftplib`

ftplib is a set of routines that implement the FTP protocol. They allow applications to create and access remote files through function calls instead of needing to fork and exec an interactive ftp client program. ftplib 4.0 14.fc34 x86_64 26 k ftplib-4.0-14.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library of FTP routines http LGPLv2+ ftplib is a set of routines that implement the FTP protocol. They allow applications to create and access remote files through function calls instead of needing to fork and exec an interactive ftp client program.

We can use yum or dnf to install ftplib on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ftplib.

Install ftplib 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 ftplib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ftplib

Install ftplib 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 ftplib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ftplib

How To Uninstall ftplib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ftplib

ftplib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/2b8c73fa9c39433f1113b6febf8d5712c7c6cf
/usr/lib/libftp.so.4
/usr/lib/libftp.so.4.0
/usr/share/doc/ftplib
/usr/share/doc/ftplib/CHANGES
/usr/share/licenses/ftplib
/usr/share/licenses/ftplib/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/3a87a2487df196d17b57a7fa428bb79ff7732c
/usr/lib64/libftp.so.4
/usr/lib64/libftp.so.4.0
/usr/share/doc/ftplib
/usr/share/doc/ftplib/CHANGES
/usr/share/licenses/ftplib
/usr/share/licenses/ftplib/LICENSE

References

[ftplib website](http://nbpfaus.net/~pfau/ftplib-4/ http://nbpfaus.net/~pfau/ftplib-4/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftplib on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.