How To Install ftpmirror on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftpmirror on Kali Linux.

What is ftpmirror

ftpmirror is:

ftpmirror is an utility to copy directory hierarchy (usually called ‘mirror’) using FTP protocol.

A similar perl script exists, whose name is ‘mirror’, but ftpmirror requires less memory than mirror.

There are three methods to install ftpmirror on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ftpmirror Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ftpmirror using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ftpmirror

Install ftpmirror Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ftpmirror using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ftpmirror

Install ftpmirror Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ftpmirror using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ftpmirror

How To Uninstall ftpmirror on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ftpmirror

Uninstall ftpmirror And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ftpmirror and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ftpmirror

Remove ftpmirror Configurations and Data

To remove ftpmirror configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ftpmirror

Remove ftpmirror configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ftpmirror configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ftpmirror

Dependencies

ftpmirror have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libc6
• perlapi-5.32.0

References

• ftpmirror website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftpmirror package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.