Monday, November 20, 2017

How to install FileZilla 3.29.0 released on Ubuntu 17.10

    FileZilla is a free, cross-platform and full-featured FTP (File Transfer Protocol) solution for the Linux and Open Source ecosystems. It is also compatible with the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.


FileZilla 3.29.0 changelog
  • Fix: Fix activity indicators not working after the update check has been run
  • Added new quick search filter to file lists, accessed through Ctrl+F
  • FTP over TLS: Mismatched hostnames are now highlighted in red in the certificate verification dialog
  • Filters using regular expressions can now be case-insensitive
  • Fix: Explicitly wait for the settings to be written to disk before removing the backup file to prevent loss of data in case of system crashes
  • nix: Official Linux binaries are now built for Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Fix:Do not disable password saving settings if fzdefaults.xml contains a kiosk mode setting of 0. 

Installation instructions:

 Open terminal and insert command line...

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install filezilla 

Install via package if PPA is not up to date


     First, install dependencies.

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/233197129/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

     32bit OS
$ wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/filezilla/FileZilla_Client/3.29.0/FileZilla_3.29.0_i686-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

$ tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.29.0_i686-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

$ sudo rm -rf /opt/filezilla*

$ sudo mv **FileZilla3** /opt/**filezilla3**

$ sudo ln -sf /opt/**filezilla3**/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla

$ filezilla

     64bit OS
$ wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/filezilla/FileZilla_Client/3.29.0/FileZilla_3.29.0_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

$ tar -xjvf FileZilla_3.29.0_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.bz2

$ sudo rm -rf /opt/filezilla*

$ sudo mv **FileZilla3** /opt/**filezilla3**

$ sudo ln -sf /opt/**filezilla3**/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla /usr/bin/filezilla

$ filezilla

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