How To Install tnftp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tnftp on Kali Linux. tnftp is enhanced ftp client

Introduction

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

What is tnftp

tnftp is:

tnftp is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp client in NetBSD (http://www.netbsd.org).

This package is a `port’ of the NetBSD ftp client to other systems.

The enhancements over the standard ftp client in 4.4BSD include: * command-line editing within ftp * command-line fetching of URLS, including support for: - http proxies (c.f: $http_proxy, $ftp_proxy) - authentication * context sensitive command and filename completion * dynamic progress bar * IPv6 support (from the WIDE project) * modification time preservation * paging of local and remote files, and of directory listings (c.f: lpage', page’, pdir') * passive mode support, with fallback to active mode * set option’ override of ftp environment variables * TIS Firewall Toolkit gate ftp proxy support (c.f: gate') * transfer-rate throttling (c.f: -T’, `rate')

There are three methods to install tnftp 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 tnftp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tnftp

Install tnftp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tnftp

Install tnftp 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 tnftp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tnftp

How To Uninstall tnftp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tnftp

Uninstall tnftp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tnftp

Remove tnftp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tnftp

Remove tnftp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tnftp

Dependencies

tnftp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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