How To Install twoftpd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install twoftpd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is twoftpd
twoftpd is:
This is twoftpd, an FTP server that strives to be secure, simple, and efficient. None of the commands can cause execution of other programs, and the normal model of execution does a chroot to the logged in user’s directory immediately after authentication.
The name “twoftpd” comes from the fact that there were two parts to the server – an authenticating front end, which contains no file or data transfer code, and a back end, which contains all the data transfer code.
This package contains the twoftpd programs.
There are three methods to install twoftpd
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 twoftpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install twoftpd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install twoftpd
Install twoftpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install twoftpd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install twoftpd
Install twoftpd 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 twoftpd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install twoftpd
How To Uninstall twoftpd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the twoftpd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove twoftpd
Uninstall twoftpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall twoftpd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove twoftpd
Remove twoftpd Configurations and Data
To remove twoftpd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge twoftpd
Remove twoftpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove twoftpd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge twoftpd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install twoftpd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.