How To Install gftp on Fedora 34

gftp is A multi-threaded FTP client for the X Window System

Introduction

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

What is gftp

gFTP is a multi-threaded FTP client for the X Window System. gFTP supports simultaneous downloads, resumption of interrupted file transfers, file transfer queues to allow downloading of multiple files, support for downloading entire directories/subdirectories, a bookmarks menu to allow quick connection to FTP sites, caching of remote directory listings, local and remote chmod, drag and drop, a connection manager and much more. Install gftp if you need a graphical FTP client.

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

Install gftp 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 gftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gftp

Install gftp 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 gftp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gftp

How To Uninstall gftp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gftp

gftp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gftp
/usr/bin/gftp-gtk
/usr/bin/gftp-text
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/a0c1d11e974c5f510d765faba6df4c5c77094d
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/3cd9fcf5e36d480a21d11b982e16a7495743fd
/usr/share/applications/net-gftp.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gftp
/usr/share/doc/gftp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gftp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gftp/README
/usr/share/doc/gftp/TODO
/usr/share/gftp
/usr/share/gftp/COPYING
/usr/share/gftp/bookmarks
/usr/share/gftp/connect.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/deb.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/diff.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/dir.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/doc.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/dotdot.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/down.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/exe.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/gftp-16x16.png
/usr/share/gftp/gftp-22x22.png
/usr/share/gftp/gftp-24x24.png
/usr/share/gftp/gftp-32x32.png
/usr/share/gftp/gftp-48x48.png
/usr/share/gftp/gftp-logo.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/gftp-scalable.svg
/usr/share/gftp/gftp.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/gftprc
/usr/share/gftp/img.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/left.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/linkdir.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/linkfile.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/man.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/open_dir.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/right.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/rpm.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/sound.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/stop.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/tar.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/txt.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/up.xpm
/usr/share/gftp/world.xpm
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gftp.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gftp.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/gftp.png

References

Summary

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