Information about the package, lftp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lftp package is designed for, A sophisticated file transfer program.
Package Name:
lftp
Summary:
A sophisticated file transfer program
URL:
Description:
LFTP is a sophisticated ftp/http file transfer program. Like bash, it has job control and uses the readline library for input. It has bookmarks, built-in mirroring, and can transfer several files in parallel. It is designed with reliability in mind.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.0.9
Release:
14.el6
Size:
755 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the lftp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lftp
This command will install lftp on the server.
yum remove lftp
This command will un-install lftp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lftp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lftp
This command will un-install lftp on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lftp when using the -y flag.
yum update lftp
This command will update lftp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lftp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lftp
This command will update lftp to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lftp when using the -y flag.
yum info lftp
This command will show you core information about the lftp package.
yum deplist lftp
This command will show you the dependencies for lftp. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update lftp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lftp. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.