How To Install proftpd-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd-utils on CentOS 7. proftpd-utils is ProFTPD - Additional utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd-utils on CentOS 7.

What is `proftpd-utils`

This package contains additional utilities for monitoring and configuring the ProFTPD server * ftpasswd * ftpcount server/virtualhost * ftpmail * ftpquota * ftptop * ftpwho session

We can use yum or dnf to install proftpd-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install proftpd-utils.

Install proftpd-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install proftpd-utils

Install proftpd-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install proftpd-utils

How To Uninstall proftpd-utils on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the proftpd-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove proftpd-utils

References

proftpd-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.