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).

score 92 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '13 at 09:07

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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"

answered Sep 01 '13 at 09:07

Nischay

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As of July 2016 my filezilla says it's "up to date" at the command line, but in the help>about menu it says that the build date is Sept 2013. This version is very far behind the version in windows, and doesn't have many basic features such as using a .pem key as a password. – geneorama Jul 16 '16 at 15:38
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@geneorama For me the Build date is 2016-02-25. – Omar Tariq Dec 03 '16 at 11:34
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@OmarTariq My point is that the software update wasn't updating Filezilla for me, which seems to be happening to you too. I believe resolved the issue using this answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/60701/71633 – geneorama Dec 05 '16 at 18:55
outdated version. – Banee Ishaque K Apr 25 '21 at 08:12

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited May 20 '13 at 21:34

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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

edited May 20 '13 at 21:34

fossfreedom

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answered May 20 '13 at 19:36

Mitch

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what the first line of code do? – atilkan Aug 24 '15 at 00:42
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It adds the repository. – Mitch Aug 24 '15 at 06:02
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The version in this repository is outdated. It’s from 2013. In this case, installing the software from the default repositories is better. – kleinfreund Apr 10 '17 at 13:55
unless pressing reasons, stick with the standard repo above – Frank N Nov 21 '17 at 12:52
outdated version. – Banee Ishaque K Apr 25 '21 at 08:12

Meldin Xavier · Answer 3 · 2020-10-02T13:12:05.313

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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

edited Oct 02 '20 at 13:12

answered Feb 12 '15 at 04:39

Meldin Xavier

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This is the best method. The Ubuntu repos often have outdated versions and this is the best way to install the latest one – Moulick Dec 11 '17 at 17:41
With this method I'm getting filezilla: error while loading shared libraries: libpng16.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory – Pablo Pazos Aug 12 '18 at 09:27
Use offilcial LInk : https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 – Banee Ishaque K Apr 25 '21 at 08:21

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 23 '21 at 14:03

Now filezilla is available in Ubuntu Software.

Alternate:

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

Extract it
Keep in a folder
Create a .desktop file
Move .desktop file to application folder

More info:

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

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 12 '15 at 05:11

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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

edited Feb 12 '15 at 05:11

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answered Sep 01 '13 at 08:56

Dhamu

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unless pressing reasons, stick with the standard repo below – Frank N Nov 21 '17 at 12:53
outdated version. – Banee Ishaque K Apr 25 '21 at 08:11

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 01 '16 at 08:57

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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

edited Aug 01 '16 at 08:57

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answered Aug 01 '16 at 08:20

Abhishek Charak

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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Please do not post duplicate answers on different questions. It just creates more work for the moderators. If the questions are so similar that the same answer works on each, then the later of the two is likely a duplicate and should be flagged as such. – Kalle Richter Aug 01 '16 at 08:58

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