Best ftp client, please?

0rinoco · 10-01-2007, 09:03 AM

Can anyone recommend a good o/s ftp client? I am using Filezilla on my Windows PC, but am trying to take everything over to Linux.
Thanks in advance.
0rinoco

MS3FGX · 10-01-2007, 09:23 AM

The development version of FileZila is available for Linux.

0rinoco · 10-01-2007, 09:29 AM

Thanks. Much appreciated.
0rinoco

0rinoco · 10-01-2007, 01:41 PM

Downloaded Filezilla, but how do I install it? Sorry to sound so dumb, but I just can't figure it out.

MS3FGX · 10-01-2007, 02:39 PM

You would just extract the archive (say to your home directory) and then run the "filezilla" executable located under the /bin directory inside of it.

0rinoco · 10-01-2007, 05:05 PM

Many thanks. Up and running.

reddazz · 10-01-2007, 06:14 PM

Other ftp clients that are worth looking at are gFTP, kftpgrabber and kasablanca.

Nimoy · 10-03-2007, 04:33 AM

Midnight Commander is very nice. Also called mc. It is a program executed in the CLI - Those familiar with NORTON utilities might be familiar with this one. I have tried FileZilla on my box as well as other FTP clients but I always fall back to mc for it's ease of use and clear overview.

Poetics · 10-03-2007, 01:59 PM

For another CLI FTP recommendation, I'd suggest "ncftp" -- includes more options than standard ftp while remaining simple to use.

farslayer · 10-03-2007, 02:27 PM

Can't you just yast install filezilla ? Why download tarballs..

http://download.opensuse.org/reposit..._Factory/i586/
filezilla-3.0.1-9.1.i586.rpm 23-Sep-2007 18:17 2.8M

0rinoco · 10-04-2007, 04:07 PM

Thanks for the input, friends.
Farslayer. I tried your suggestion, and get the following error message: Filezilla-3.0.1.9. i586 [_krpreview_temp] cannot be installed due to missing dependencies.
Any ideas?

reddazz · 10-04-2007, 04:21 PM

What were the missing dependencies? Usually they are listed by rpm, apt, urpmi or any of their GUI frontends and this will give you a clue about what you need to install in order to fulfill the dependency requirements.

0rinoco · 10-05-2007, 02:38 AM

Thanks, Reddazz. The message reads: There are no installed of libstdc++.so. 6(GLIBCXX_3.4.9) for Filezilla-3.0.1-9.i586[_krmpview_Temporary]
0rinoco.

reddazz · 10-05-2007, 04:54 PM

If you are using openSUSE 10.2 like your profile says, then use the rpms from here.

0rinoco · 10-09-2007, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

If you are using openSUSE 10.2 like your profile says, then use the rpms from here.

Thanks. I downloaded and installed Filezilla, but for some reason can't connect to the web. I enter my details, host, username, password, but nothing happens. It displays my local files, but not a thing in the 'remote site' panels.
As I shall be upgrading to build 10.3 later this week (the disk is stuck in the postal strike) I think that I will leave it until later.