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Sunday, November 8, 2015

How to Install FileZilla 3.10 Client using Source Tarball on various Linux Distros

How to Install FileZilla 3.10 Client using Source Tarball on various Linux Distros

FileZilla is a free and open source FTP client which supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS along with lot of useful features and intuitive graphical user interface. The FileZilla client offers key features like support for IPv6, multi-language, resume support, tabbed user interface, powerful site manager, bookmarks, drag & drop support, filename filters, directory comparison, remote file editing and logging to file.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install FileZilla 3.10 using source tarball on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, CentOS, Debian, OpenSUSE, OpenMandriva and several other Linux Distros. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

Step Wise Installation of FileZilla 3.10 (FTP Client) using Source Tarball on various Linux Distros

Installation of FileZilla 3.10 (FTP Client) on 32-bit Linux Distros

Step 1 : First, open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to download latest 32-bit source tarball of FileZilla 3.10 on your Linux Distro.
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/files/FileZilla_Client/3.10.0/FileZilla_3.10.0_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to extract the download source tarball using tar command on your Linux Distro.
$ tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.10.0_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
Step 3 : Next, remove all the files of existing FileZilla package in /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/filezilla*
Step 4 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to move FileZilla3 folder to /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.
$ sudo mv FileZilla3 /opt/filezilla3
Step 5 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install FileZilla3 on your Linux Distro.
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/filezilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla
After installation, search "FileZilla" either in Unity Dash or in Application and launch it from there to remote access the server using FileZilla client.

Installation of FileZilla 3.10 (FTP Client) on 64-bit Linux Distros

Step 1 : First, open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to download latest 64-bit source tarball of FileZilla 3.10 on your Linux Distro.
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/files/FileZilla_Client/3.10.0/FileZilla_3.10.0_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to extract the download source tarball using tar command on your Linux Distro.
$ tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.10.0_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
Step 3 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to remove all the files of existing FileZilla package in /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/filezilla*
Step 4 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to move FileZilla3 folder to /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.
$ sudo mv FileZilla3 /opt/filezilla3
Step 5 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install FileZilla3 on your Linux Distro.
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/filezilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla
After installation, you can directly open the FileZilla by running the "filezilla" command in terminal on your Linux Distro.

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