How To Install proftpd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd on CentOS 7.
What is proftpd
ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple ‘virtual’ FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based directory visibility. This package defaults to the standalone behavior of ProFTPD, but all the needed scripts to have it run by xinetd instead are included.
We can use yum or dnf to install proftpd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install proftpd.
Install proftpd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install proftpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install proftpd
Install proftpd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install proftpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install proftpd
How To Uninstall proftpd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the proftpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove proftpd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
