How To Install inetutils-ftp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-ftp
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is inetutils-ftp
inetutils-ftp is:
The ftp command is used to transfer files between hosts using the FTP protocol.
There are three methods to install inetutils-ftp
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install inetutils-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 inetutils-ftp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-ftp
Install inetutils-ftp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ftp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inetutils-ftp
Install inetutils-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-ftp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-ftp
How To Uninstall inetutils-ftp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the inetutils-ftp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inetutils-ftp
Uninstall inetutils-ftp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inetutils-ftp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetutils-ftp
Remove inetutils-ftp Configurations and Data
To remove inetutils-ftp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inetutils-ftp
Remove inetutils-ftp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inetutils-ftp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetutils-ftp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-ftp
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.