Date Posted: 31-01-2018<\/p>\n
In this Post we will explain How to Setup lftp – A Simple Command Line FTP Program.<\/p>\n
This article is about Lftp and how we can install Lftp in our Linux Operating System. Lftp is a command line based File Transfer Software also known as FTP Client.<\/p>\n
Installing Lftp<\/strong><\/p>\n On Ubuntu<\/strong><\/p>\n In Ubuntu and its derivatives, we can install lftp using apt manager. So, to install it, we’ll need to run the following commands in a shell or a terminal under sudo privilege.<\/p>\n $ sudo apt-get install lftp<\/p>\n On CentOS\/Fedora\/RHEL<\/strong><\/p>\n As lftp is also available in the repository of Fedora, CentOS and RHEL, we can use yum manager to install it.<\/p>\n $ sudo yum install lftp<\/p>\n Connecting to your FTP server<\/strong><\/p>\n To login to a ftp server or sftp server, make sure you know your FTP username and your server hostname. Once you have those you can simply connect to your FTP server by running:<\/p>\n $ lftp ftp:\/\/username@hostname<\/p>\n