

The GUI is split in 6 different zones/window layout. On Ubuntu, you can install it from the software center: Please use your distribution’s software center and package manager. Since it is a popular software, it should be available in the software repository of most Linux distributions (if not all). You can get the source code tarball but it is always recommended to use your distribution provided package. So, let’s get started! Installing FileZilla on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions Let me show how to install FileZilla on Linux and then use it for file transfer. It supports transferring file using FTP over TLS or SSL (FTPS) and also FTP over SSH (SFTP) along with old FTP protocol. Thankfully, there are some GUI tools available that let you transfer files to or from the remote servers.įileZilla is a popular, cross-platform, open-source tool for this purpose. However, those are command line methods and not everyone feels comfortable. Report bugs only if you are using the latest version available from the FileZilla website.įileZilla is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.If you ask the geeky sysadmins, they will swear by rsync or scp commands for transferring files between remote server and local system. May not be used together withĮnvironment variable can be used to specify the directory containing FileZilla's data files. If -l isn't given, the normal logontype is used. Set a special logontype, can only be used in combination with a FTP URL as argument. Site path may not contain double quotation marks.Įxample: filezilla -c 0/foo/bar/sl\/ash connects to the user site sl/ash in the site directory foo/barĭisplays a help dialog listing these commandline options. Path has to be prefixed with 0 for user defined entries or 1 for default entries. Any slash or backslash that is part of a segment has to be escaped with a backslash. Site has to be given as complete path, with a slash as separation character.

FileZilla is a powerful client for plain FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).Ĭonnect to the given site from the Site Manager.
