gftp command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gftp command not found error message

Introduction

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

gftp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gftp: command not found

Solutions to gftp: command not found

How To Fix gftp: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gftp is provided by gftp-common package.

gftp-common is:

gFTP is a multithreaded FTP client. This package contains the locale data used by both gftp-gtk and gftp-text, along with a common manual page.

gFTP features:

  • simultaneous downloads,
  • resuming of interrupted file transfers,
  • file transfer queues,
  • downloading of entire directories,
  • FTP and HTTP proxy support,
  • remote directory caching,
  • passive and non-passive file transfers,
  • drag-n-drop support,
  • bookmarks menu,
  • support for SSH and SSH2 file transfers,
  • support FXP transferts,
  • stop button, and many more features.

Author: Brian Masney [email protected]

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

sudo apt-get -y install gftp-common

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

You can also use apt command to install gftp-common.

sudo apt -y install gftp-common

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

sudo aptitude install gftp-common

Summary

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