How To Install gftp-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gftp-common on Kali Linux.

What is gftp-common

gftp-common is:

gFTP is a multithreaded FTP client. This package contains the locale data used by both gftp-gtk and gftp-text, along with a common manual page.

gFTP features:

• simultaneous downloads,
• resuming of interrupted file transfers,
• file transfer queues,
• downloading of entire directories,
• FTP and HTTP proxy support,
• remote directory caching,
• passive and non-passive file transfers,
• drag-n-drop support,
• bookmarks menu,
• support for SSH and SSH2 file transfers,
• support FXP transferts,
• stop button, and many more features.

Author: Brian Masney [email protected]

There are three methods to install gftp-common 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 gftp-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gftp-common

Install gftp-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gftp-common

Install gftp-common 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 gftp-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gftp-common

How To Uninstall gftp-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gftp-common

Uninstall gftp-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gftp-common

Remove gftp-common Configurations and Data

To remove gftp-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gftp-common

Remove gftp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gftp-common

Dependencies

gftp-common have the following dependencies:

References

• gftp-common website

Summary

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