How To Install ftp on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftp
on Debian 10.
What is ftp
ftp is:
This is the user interface to the ARPANET standard File Transfer Protocol. The program allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site.
There are three methods to install ftp
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ftp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ftp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ftp
Install ftp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ftp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ftp
Install ftp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ftp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ftp
How To Uninstall ftp on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ftp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ftp
Uninstall ftp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ftp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ftp
Remove ftp Configurations and Data
To remove ftp
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ftp
Remove ftp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ftp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ftp
Dependencies
ftp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ftp
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.