How To Install ncftp on Fedora 34

ncftp is Improved console FTP client

Introduction

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

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncftp.

Install ncftp 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 ncftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ncftp

Install ncftp 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 ncftp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ncftp

How To Uninstall ncftp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ncftp

ncftp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/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/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/7483514ab0c8ecbc81343ff07857e5873c1e76
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/9ffb74e86ce39161ffc734213e1f0445421429
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/533129b84c475cf6cce720e217967b69e20653
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/85332c0e97319b1791a114bc78004a69da93c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/85332c0e97319b1791a114bc78004a69da93c1.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/e16f870cbef14d06bb7d85e2128931fb3e40fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/8fecaa587ff427871fcf5c763b42463d08100b
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.