Information about the package, ftp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ftp package is designed for, The standard UNIX FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client.
Package Name:
ftp
Summary:
The standard UNIX FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.17
Release:
54.el6
Size:
95 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
BSD with advertising
Control the ftp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ftp
This command will install ftp on the server.
yum remove ftp
This command will un-install ftp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ftp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ftp
This command will un-install ftp 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 ftp when using the -y flag.
yum update ftp
This command will update ftp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ftp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ftp
This command will update ftp 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 ftp when using the -y flag.
yum info ftp
This command will show you core information about the ftp package.
yum deplist ftp
This command will show you the dependencies for ftp. 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 ftp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ftp. 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.