How do I install filezilla?

Question

I want to install FileZilla. I can find it in Ubuntu Software Center but not download button. Using Ubuntu Dash I can't find a download button either.

Using terminal it doesn't work because I only found instructions for Ubuntu 12 (but I am on 13.04).

Answer 1

Filezilla is already available in default repos of Ubuntu 13.04

You can try this

> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install filezilla


nischay@NischayLaptop:~$ apt-cache search filezilla

filezilla - Full-featured graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
filezilla-common - Architecture independent files for filezilla

nischay@NischayLaptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"

Answer 2

To install FileZilla, you just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adabbas/1stppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install filezilla

Answer 3

For latest version of filezilla use below example of filezilla version 3.10.1.1

wget sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/files/FileZilla_Client/3.10.1.1/FileZilla_3.10.1.1_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2   
tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.10.1.1_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

Note extracting folder. Here is filezilla3

sudo rm -rf /opt/filezilla*
sudo mv **FileZilla3** /opt/**filezilla3**
sudo ln -sf /opt/**filezilla3**/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla
filezilla

Answer 4

Easy way to install filezilla is via ppa

open terminal and type the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install filezilla

for more details visit

http://dctutors.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-to-install-filezilla-373-on-ubuntu.html

Answer 5

The command to install filezilla in obsolete ubuntu is:

sudo sed -i -re 's/([a-z]{2}.)?archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list ....

After this paste these commands:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adabbas/1stppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install filezilla

Answer 6

Now filezilla is available in Ubuntu Software.

Alternate:

You can download the file directly from https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

1. Extract it
2. Keep in a folder
3. Create a .desktop file
4. Move .desktop file to application folder

More info:

1. As of now the file is FileZilla_3.56.0_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 . Extract it to your required folder, it can be in your home folder.

2. My file location is /home/sudhakar/Soft/FileZilla_3.56.0_x86_64-linux-gnu/FileZilla3

3. &4.: Then create a filezilla.desktop file at /home/sudhakar/.local/share/applications

filezilla.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=FileZilla
GenericName=FTP client
GenericName[da]=FTP-klient
GenericName[de]=FTP-Client
GenericName[fr]=Client FTP
Comment=Download and upload files via FTP, FTPS and SFTP
Comment[da]=Download og upload filer via FTP, FTPS og SFTP
Comment[de]=Dateien über FTP, FTPS und SFTP übertragen
Comment[fr]=Transférer des fichiers via FTP, FTPS et SFTP
Exec=filezilla
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;
Version=1.0

Exec=/home/sudhakar/Soft/FileZilla_3.56.0_x86_64-linux-gnu/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla
StartupNotify=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false
Icon=/home/sudhakar/Soft/FileZilla_3.56.0_x86_64-linux-gnu/FileZilla3/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/filezilla.svg

Finally: Check it in app launcher. If it's not there just logout and login. It should appear in app launcher.

NOTE: This will be available for current user only. If you want to install for all the users in the PC. (2) Move the extracted folder to /opt directory (it requires admin permission. In terminal - sudo mv '/home/sudhakar/Soft/FileZilla_3.56.0_x86_64-linux-gnu/FileZilla3' '/opt'). Also move the filezilla.desktop file to /usr/share/applications folder. Before moving update Exec= and Icon= location.