ftp-upload command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

ftp-upload: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ftp-upload: command not found

Solutions to ftp-upload: command not found

How To Fix ftp-upload: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ftp-upload is provided by ftp-upload package.

ftp-upload is:

ftp-upload transfers local files to another machine using FTP. It’s meant to be used by scripts and such rather than interactively. There’s no user interface, the program is controlled strictly via the command line. It is disciplined with its exit status.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install ftp-upload

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install ftp-upload.

sudo apt -y install ftp-upload

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install ftp-upload

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ftp-upload command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.