How To Install ftp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftp.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ftp.x86_64 is The standard UNIX FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ftp.x86_64`

The ftp package provides the standard UNIX command-line FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client. FTP is a widely used protocol for transferring files over the Internet and for archiving files. If your system is on a network, you should install ftp in order to do file transfers.

We can use yum to install ftp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ftp.x86_64.

Install ftp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ftp.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ftp.x86_64

How To Uninstall ftp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ftp.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ftp.x86_64

ftp.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/ftp
/usr/bin/pftp
/usr/share/man/man1/ftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pftp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/netrc.5.gz

References

ftp.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ftp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.